Comparison of the disinfection effects of vacuum-UV (VUV) and UV light on bacillus subtilis spores in aqueous suspensions at 172, 222 and 254 nm

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 176-181

  Wang, Ding ^a   Oppenländer, Thomas ^b   El Din, Mohamed Gamal ^a   Bolton, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b FURTWANGEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; DISINFECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUSPENSION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DISINFECTION; PHOTOLYSIS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SUSPENSIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VACUUM; WATER;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 73649119889     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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