Chlorine inactivation of bacterial bioterrorism agents

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 566-568

  Rose, Laura J ^a   Rice, Eugene W ^b   Jensen, Bette ^a   Murga, Ricardo ^a,c   Peterson, Alicia ^a   Donlan, Rodney M ^a   Arduino, Matthew J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Fort Defiance Indian Hosp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; CHLORINE; CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POTABLE WATER;

FREE AVAILABLE CHLORINE (FAC); SUSCEPTIBILITY;

BACTERIA;

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

BACTERIUM; TERRORISM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER TREATMENT; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOTERRORISM; CHLORINE; DISINFECTANTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 12244296149     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.1.566-568.2005     Document Type: Article

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