Understanding of the importance of the spore coat structure and pigmentation in the Bacillus subtilis spore resistance to low-pressure plasma sterilization

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 28, 2016, Pages

  Raguse, Marina ^a   Fiebrandt, Marcel ^b   Denis, Benjamin ^b   Stapelmann, Katharina ^b   Eichenberger, Patrick ^c   Driks, Adam ^d   Eaton, Peter ^e   Awakowicz, Peter ^b   Moeller, Ralf ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; bioindicator; decontamination; plasma sterilization; spore coat; spore resistance; spores

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMARKERS; CHARGED PARTICLES; DECONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; RADIATION DECONTAMINATION; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); SURFACE DISCHARGES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES; GAS COMPOSITIONS; LOW PRESSURE PLASMA; PLASMA STERILIZATION; SPORE COAT; SPORES; SPORICIDAL EFFECTS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84974716400     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/49/28/285401     Document Type: Article

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