Inactivation of Bacillus anthracis spores by single-walled carbon nanotubes coupled with oxidizing antimicrobial chemicals

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 13417-13424

  Lilly, Marquita ^a   Dong, Xiuli ^a   McCoy, Eric ^a   Yang, Liju ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACIS SPORES; ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMICAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES; COMBINATION TREATMENTS; LOG REDUCTIONS; SEQUENTIAL TREATMENTS; SPORE NUMBERS; SPORICIDAL EFFECTS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

BACTERIA; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CHEMICALS;

DISINFECTANT AGENT; DRINKING WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; TERRORISM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDANTS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 84871295776     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303955k     Document Type: Article

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