Plasma effects on bacterial spores in a wet environment

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kuo, Spencer P ^a   Tarasenko, Olga ^b   Nourkbash, Said ^a   Bakhtina, Assya ^a   Levon, Kalle ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EFFLUENTS; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

BIOLOGICAL AGENT; EXOSPORIUM; MICROWAVE PLASMA;

BACTERIOLOGY;

EID: 33646338934     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: 13672630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/8/3/041     Document Type: Article

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