Biological responses of Bacillus stratosphericus to Floating Electrode-Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Treatment

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2039-2048

  Cooper, M ^a,b   Fridman, G ^b   Fridman, A ^a,b   Joshi, S G ^b,c  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus stratosphericus; DBD Plasma; Disinfection; Nonthermal plasma; Oxidative stress; Sterilization; VBNC; Viable but nonculturable

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BACTERIOLOGY; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FLOW CONTROL; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

BACILLUS STRATOSPHERICU; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CULTURABILITY; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMAS; FLOATING ELECTRODES; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; PLASMA TREATMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; VIABLE BUT NON-CULTURABLE; VIABLE BUT NONCULTURABILITY;

DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DISINFECTION; OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS STRATOSPHERICUS; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRODE; EXPOSURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 78449248795     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04834.x     Document Type: Article

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