Test method development to evaluate hot, humid air decontamination of materials contaminated with Bacillus anthracis ∆Sterne and B. thuringiensis Al Hakam spores

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1037-1051

  Buhr, T L ^a   Young, A A ^a   Minter, Z A ^a   Wells, C M ^a   McPherson, D C ^a   Hooban, C L ^a   Johnson, C A ^a   Prokop, E J ^a   Crigler, J R ^a  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Decontamination; Hot; Humid air; Simulant; Spore

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DECONTAMINATION; POLYPROPYLENES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS STERNE; HOT; HUMID AIR; METHOD DEVELOPMENT; SIMULANT; SPORE; TEST METHOD; TEST RUNS; THURINGIENSIS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ALKENE; BACTERIUM; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPORE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AIR; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOT AIR; HUMID AIR; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 84867727153     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05423.x     Document Type: Article

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