Mechanism of killing of spores of Bacillus anthracis in a high-temperature gas environment, and analysis of DNA damage generated by various decontamination treatments of spores of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus thuringiensis

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 805-814

  Setlow, B ^a   Parish, S ^b   Zhang, P ^c,d   Li, Y Q ^c   Neely, W C ^b   Setlow, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR INTEGRATED NANOTECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bacillus anthracis; Bacillus subtilis; Bacillus thuringiensis; Spore killing; Spore mutagenesis; Spores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CULTIVATION; DECONTAMINATION; GERMINATION; HYDRATION; MUTAGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

B.ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SPECIES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GAS ENVIRONMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS; SPORE; SPORE KILLING; SPORE MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIPICOLINIC ACID; WATER; GAS; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

DESICCATION; DNA; ETHANOL; GERMINATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDRATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; PROTEIN; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; DISINFECTION; DNA DAMAGE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEAT TREATMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE GAS ENVIRONMENT; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES; SPORE GERMINATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CHEMISTRY; GAS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DECONTAMINATION; DNA DAMAGE; GASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; MUTAGENESIS; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84896136619     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12421     Document Type: Article

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