Degradation of bacteria Escherichia coli by treatment with Ar ion beam and neutral oxygen atoms;Uničevanje bakterij Escherichia coli s curkom ionov ar in nevtralnih atomov kisika

Materiali in Tehnologije

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 153-156

  Eleršič, Kristina ^a   Junkar, Ita ^a   Špes, Aleš ^a   Hauptman, Nina ^b   Klanjšek Gunde, Marta ^b   Vesel, Alenka ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Atoms; Bacteria; Degradation; Escherichia coli; Ions; Oxygen plasma; SEM; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951518733     PISSN: 15802949     EISSN: 15803414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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