Killing bacterial spores with blue light: When innate resistance meets the power of light

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-4

  Denis, Tyler G St ^a,b   Dai, Tianhong ^b,c   Hamblin, Michael R ^b,c,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 84872008580     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01233.x     Document Type: Article

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