Environmental persistence of bacillus anthracis and bacillus subtilis spores

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Wood, Joseph P ^a   Meyer, Kathryn M ^b   Kelly, Thomas J ^c   Choi, Young W ^c   Rogers, James V ^c   Riggs, Karen B ^c   Willenberg, Zachary J ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WOOD; KINETICS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; KINETICS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; POROSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84945975417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138083     Document Type: Article

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