The impact of different process gas compositions on the inactivation effect of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet on Bacillus spores

Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-118

  Reineke, Kai ^a   Langer, Katharina ^a   Hertwig, Christian ^a   Ehlbeck, Jörg ^b   Schlüter, Oliver ^a  

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

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold atmospheric pressure plasma; Endospore; Inactivation mechanisms; Sporicidal effects

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; FOOD PRESERVATION; LIGHT; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; PHOTONS; PLASMA JETS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JETS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES; ENDOSPORE; INACTIVATION MECHANISMS; INACTIVATION OF MICROORGANISMS; SPORICIDAL EFFECTS; SURFACE DECONTAMINATION;

NITROGEN PLASMA;

EID: 84947037029     PISSN: 14668564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2015.03.019     Document Type: Article

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