Decontamination options for bacillus anthracis-contaminated drinking water determined from spore surrogate studies

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 6631-6638

  Raber, Ellen ^a   Burklund, Alison ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Athenian School   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHRACIS SPORES; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES; BACILLUS SPORE; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER; DECONTAMINANTS; DIHYDRATES; EXPOSURE-TIME; FREE CHLORINE; NEUTRAL PH; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; POTASSIUM PEROXYMONOSULFATE; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES; SUSPENSION TEST; THURINGIENSIS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCIDES; CHLORINE; DECONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROMETALLURGY; OXIDATION; POTABLE WATER; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WATER SUPPLY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; OXIDIZING AGENT;

BACTERIUM; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PESTICIDE; PH; SPORE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL SPORE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL LOAD; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDANTS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; SPORES; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78049286255     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01136-10     Document Type: Article

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