Assessing the effectiveness of low-pressure ultraviolet light for inactivating Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) micro-organisms

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 386-392

  Hayes, S L ^a,b   Sivaganesan, M ^a   White, K M ^a   Pfaller, S L ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Kinetics; Mycobacteria; Repair; Ultraviolet inactivation

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; KINETICS; REPAIR; STRAIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

COLLIMATED BEAMS; INACTIVATION KINETICS; LOW PRESSURE ULTRAVIOLETS; MICRO-ORGANISMS; MYCOBACTERIA; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET INACTIVATION; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS; UV INACTIVATIONS; WATER MATRICES;

POTABLE WATER;

BACTERIA; REACTION KINETICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DATA ASSIMILATION; DRINKING WATER; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EFFECT; LOW PRESSURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REACTION KINETICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE;

EID: 54249119588     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02442.x     Document Type: Article

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