Association between increased DNA mutational frequency and thermal inactivation of aerosolized bacillus spores exposed to dry heat

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 376-381

  Johansson, Elisabet ^a   Adhikari, Atin ^a   Reponen, Tiina ^a   Yermakov, Michael ^a   Grinshpun, Sergey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; BACILLUS ENDOSPORES; BACILLUS SPORE; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORES; BIOAEROSOLS; BIODEFENSE; CAUSAL CHAINS; DRY HEAT; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EXPOSURE TEMPERATURE; EXPOSURE TIME; FREQUENCY RATIOS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NALIDIXIC ACID; THERMAL INACTIVATION; TIME-PERIODS;

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; BACTERIOLOGY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS; HEATING; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BACILLI;

NALIDIXIC ACID;

AGAR MEDIUM; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL STIMULATION; TRYPTIC SOY AGAR;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953729393     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2010.538452     Document Type: Article

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