Impact of surface structure and feed gas composition on Bacillus subtilis endospore inactivation during direct plasma treatment

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue AUG, 2015, Pages

  Hertwig, Christian ^a   Steins, Veronika ^b   Reineke, Kai ^a   Rademacher, Antje ^a   Klocke, Michael ^a   Rauh, Cornelia ^b   Schlüter, Oliver ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold plasma; DNA damage; Inactivation mechanism; QPCR; Spore inactivation

Indexed keywords

ARGON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; CELL VIABILITY; COLD ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA TECHNIQUE; DISINFECTION; DNA DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84940983131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00774     Document Type: Article

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