Bacterial inactivation in open air by the afterglow plume emitted from a grounded hollow slot electrode

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 339-344

  Sharma, Ashish ^a   Pruden, Amy ^a   Yu, Zengqi ^a   Collins, George J ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OXYGEN; PLASMA DEVICES;

BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIAL INACTIVATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT (CFU); PLASMA STERILIZATION TOOLS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; ELECTRODE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NONHUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY;

BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLI BACILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 11244288040     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049452s     Document Type: Article

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