Hot, humid air decontamination of a C-130 aircraft contaminated with spores of two acrystalliferous Bacillus thuringiensis strains, surrogates for Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1074-1084

  Buhr, T L ^a   Young, A A ^a   Bensman, M ^a   Minter, Z A ^a   Kennihan, N L ^a   Johnson, C A ^a   Bohmke, M D ^a   Borgers Klonkowski, E ^a   Osborn, E B ^a   Avila, S D ^a   Theys, A M G ^b   Jackson, P J ^c  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b METSS Corporation   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Bacillus; Decontamination; Hot humid air; Spore; Surrogate

Indexed keywords

DECONTAMINATION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

'DRY' [; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; FIELD TEST; HOT HUMID AIR; HUMID AIR; SPORE; SURROGATE; TEST METHOD; THURINGIENSIS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

AIRCRAFT; BACTERIUM; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPORE; SUBSTRATE; SURROGATE METHOD; SURVIVAL; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AIRCRAFT; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMIDITY; LABORATORY TEST; WASTE MANAGEMENT; DECONTAMINATION; EPIDEMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI;

AIRCRAFT; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DECONTAMINATION; EPIDEMICS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84977853387     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.13055     Document Type: Article

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