Inactivation of Bacillus Endospores in envelopes by electron beam irradiation
Article Abstract:
A study was conducted in which endospores of an anthrax surrogate, Bacillus atrophaeus were destroyed to demonstrate the efficacy of electron beam treatment of such biohazard spores. A surface electron beam dose between 25 and 32 kGy produced the appropriate killing dose of electron beam between 11 and 16 kGy required to inactivate 8 log(sub 10) spores, when spore samples were placed at the bottom of a 5.5-cm stack of envelopes.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2005
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Inactivation of Bacillus Endospores in envelopes by electron beam irradiation
Article Abstract:
A study was conducted in which endospores of an anthrax surrogate, Bacillus atrophaeus were destroyed to demonstrate the efficacy of electron beam treatment of such biohazard spores. A surface electron beam dose between 25 and 32 kGy produced the appropriate killing dose of electron beam between 11 and 16 kGy required to inactivate 8 log(sub 10) spores, when spore samples were placed at the bottom of a 5.5-cm stack of envelopes.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2005
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Bacillus endospores isolated from granite: Close molecular relationships to globally distributed Bacillus spp. from endolithic and extreme environments
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Spores of Bacillus spp. are isolated and characterized from the interior of near-subsurface granite rock collected from the Santa Catalina Mountains, AZ. It appears that the occurrence of Bacillus spp. in endolithic or extreme environments is not accidental but that these environments create unique niches excluding most Bacillus spp. but to which a limited number of Bacillus spp. are specifically adapted.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2006
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