The use of germinants to potentiate the sensitivity of Bacillus anthracis spores to peracetic acid

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2016, Pages

  Celebi, Ozgur ^a   Buyuk, Fatih ^a   Pottage, Tom ^b   Crook, Ant ^b   Hawkey, Suzanna ^b   Cooper, Callum ^c,d   Bennett, Allan ^b   Sahin, Mitat ^a   Baillie, Leslie ^c  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Bacterial spores; Decontamination; Environmental; Germination; Peracetic acid

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; INOSINE; PERACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; SPORE GERMINATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84957932377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00018     Document Type: Article

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