Resistance to and killing by the sporicidal microbicide peracetic acid

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 773-779

  Leggett, Mark J ^a   Spencer Schwarz, J ^b   Burke, Peter A ^c   Mcdonnell, Gerald ^c   Denyer, Stephen P ^a   Maillard, Jean Yves ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STERIS Corporation   (United States)

^c STERIS Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Germination; PAA; Spores

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIPICOLINIC ACID; GERB PROTEIN; GERK PROTEIN; PERACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDIZING AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; INNER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; SPORE GERMINATION; SPORICIDAL ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDANTS; PERACETIC ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84928172596     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku445     Document Type: Article

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