Review of Decontamination Techniques for the Inactivation of Bacillus anthracis and Other Spore-Forming Bacteria Associated with Building or Outdoor Materials

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 4045-4062

  Wood, Joseph P ^a   Adrion, Alden Charles ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; DECONTAMINATION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES; DECONTAMINATION TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SPORE-FORMING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

ALDEHYDE; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

BACTERIUM; BUILDING; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SPORE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BUILDING; DECONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DECONTAMINATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 85064565183     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05274     Document Type: Article

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