A preliminary assessment of Bacillus anthracis spore inactivation using an electrochemically activated solution (ECASOL™)

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 482-488

  Rogers, J V ^a   Ducatte, G R ^a   Choi, Y W ^a   Early, P C ^a  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Decontamination; Electrochemically activated water; Spores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE; DECONTAMINATION;

ACTIVATED WATER; B.ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CHLORINE LEVELS; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVATED WATER; FREE AVAILABLE CHLORINES; OXIDATIVE REDUCTION POTENTIALS; SOLUTION PH; SOURCE WATERS; SPORE;

HARDNESS;

CALCIUM; CHLORINE; HYPOCHLORITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SOLUTION MINING; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIUM; PH; REDUCTION; SPORE;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SUSPENSION; WATER HARDNESS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS STR. AMES;

EID: 33750014183     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02002.x     Document Type: Article

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