Cold plasma inactivation of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) spores

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1878-1884

  Dobrynin, Danil ^a   Fridman, Gregory ^b   Mukhin, Yurii V ^a   Wynosky Dolfi, Meghan A ^c   Rieger, Judy ^c   Rest, Richard F ^c   Gutsol, Alexander F ^a,d   Fridman, Alexander ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD); Bacillus anthracis; nonequilibrium plasma; nonthermal plasma; spore inactivation; sterilization

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; NONEQUILIBRIUM PLASMAS; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; SPORE INACTIVATION; STERILIZATION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FLOW CONTROL; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 77955663984     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2041938     Document Type: Conference Paper

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