The resistance of Bacillus atrophaeus spores to the bactericidal activity of peracetic acid is influenced by both the nature of the solid substrates and the mode of contamination

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1706-1714

  Grand, I ^a,b   Bellon Fontaine, M N ^a   Herry, J M ^a   Hilaire, D ^b   Moriconi, F X ^b   Naitali M ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b Delegation Generale pour l'Armement   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis surrogate; Decontamination; Deposition; Disinfection; Immersion; Inoculation route; Porous and nonporous material

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; POROUS MATERIALS; SUBSTRATES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACI SURROGATE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; IMMERSION; INOCULATION ROUTE; NONPOROUS MATERIALS; PERACETIC ACIDS; POROUS AND NONPOROUS MATERIAL; SOLID SUBSTRATES;

DECONTAMINATION;

PERACETIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; LABORATORY METHOD; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPORE; SUBSTRATE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARMY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; IMMERSION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; URBAN AREA;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS;

EID: 78650458606     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04799.x     Document Type: Article

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