Sterilization of Escherichia coli by a coaxial microwave plasma flow

Conference Record - IAS Annual Meeting (IEEE Industry Applications Society)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 767-770

  Sato, Takehiko ^a   Doi, Akiko ^a,b   Urayama, Takuya ^c   Nakatani, Tatsuyuki ^d   Miyahara, Takashi ^e  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Medical Center   (Japan)

^c ADTEC Plasma Technology Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d Toyo Advanced Technologies Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric Pressure; Colony Counting; Escherichia coli; Low Temperature; Morphological analysis; Plasma Flow; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CELLS; MICROWAVES; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMAS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

COLONY COUNTING; GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; STERILIZATION CONDITIONS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33745906803     PISSN: 01972618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2005.1518416     Document Type: Conference Paper

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