Disinfection of Bacillus subtilis spore-contaminated surface materials with a sodium hypochlorite and a hydrogen peroxide-based sanitizer

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-180

  DeQueiroz, G A ^a   Day, D F ^a  

^a Audubon Sugar Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bacterial spores; Hypochlorite; Oxidants; Peroxide; Surface disinfection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; OXIDATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

B.SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTAMINATED SURFACES; NONPOROUS SURFACE; POROUS SURFACE; SPORE COUNT; SURFACE DISINFECTION; SURFACE MATERIALS;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; SANITIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDANTS; POROUS MATERIALS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDANT; SANITATION; SODIUM; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 38349146163     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02283.x     Document Type: Article

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