Inactivation of aerosolized Bacillus atrophaeus (BG) endospores and MS2 viruses by combustion of reactive materials

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 7334-7341

  Grinshpun, Sergey A ^a   Adhikari, Atin ^a   Yermakov, Michael ^a   Reponen, Tiina ^a   Dreizin, Edward ^b   Schoenitz, Mirko ^b   Hoffmann, Vern ^b   Zhang, Shasha ^b  

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

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL RELEASE; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOAEROSOLS; BIOCIDAL; BIOCIDAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; BIOWEAPONS; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; DRY AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON FLAMES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PURE HYDROCARBONS; REACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTIVE POWDER; TIME INTERVAL;

ALUMINUM; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS; COMBUSTION; HYDROCARBONS; IODINE; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITES; POWDERS;

VIRUSES;

ALUMINUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; IODINE; MAGNESIUM; NANOCOMPOSITE;

BACTERIUM; COMBUSTION; HALOGEN; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; VIRUS;

AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; COMBUSTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MS2 VIRUS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACILLUS; HALOGENS; LEVIVIRUS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STERILIZATION;

BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84863518414     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300537f     Document Type: Article

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