Comparison of sampling methods to recover germinated Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus thuringiensis endospores from surface coupons

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1219-1232

  Mott, T M ^a   Shoe, J L ^a   Hunter, M ^a   Woodson, A M ^a   Fritts, K A ^a   Klimko, C P ^a   Quirk, A V ^a   Welkos, S L ^a   Cote, C K ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Bacillus thuringiensis; endospore; enumeration; germinated; sampling methods

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CULTIVATION; DECONTAMINATION; EXTRACTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY;

B.ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ENDOSPORE; ENUMERATION; GERMINATED; MATRIX; SAMPLING METHOD; SURFACE MATERIALS;

GERMINATION;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RECOVERY; SAMPLING; SPORE; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SPORE GERMINATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; BACTERIAL SPORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECONTAMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PAPER; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DECONTAMINATION; PAPER; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 85017322475     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.13418     Document Type: Article

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