Size and UV Germicidal Irradiation Susceptibility of Serratia marcescens when Aerosolized from Different Suspending Media

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2021-2027

  Lai, Ka M ^a   Burge, Harriet A ^a   First, Melvin W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MICROORGANISMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COUNT MEDIAN DIAMETERS (CMD); UV GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION (UVGI);

MICROBIOLOGY;

PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FETAL CALF SERUM; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SALIVA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 16544372196     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.2021-2027.2004     Document Type: Article

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