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Germicidal Effect of Ultraviolet Irradiation on Paper Contaminated with Mycobacteria
- Source :
- Applied Microbiology. 19:383-384
- Publication Year :
- 1970
- Publisher :
- American Society for Microbiology, 1970.
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Abstract
- An ultraviolet chamber for decontaminating single sheets of paper seeded with mycobacteria was investigated. The ultraviolet killing effect ranged from 50% for Mycobacterium kansasii to more than 99% for M. tuberculosis.
- Subjects :
- Paper
Mycobacterium kansasii
General Immunology and Microbiology
biology
Ultraviolet Rays
Chemistry
Sterilization
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
General Medicine
Contamination
bacterial infections and mycoses
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease_cause
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Mycobacterium
Microbiology
Radiation Effects
Ultraviolet irradiation
medicine
bacteria
Clinical Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Irradiation
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Ultraviolet radiation
Ultraviolet
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00036919
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied Microbiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8a6d1ff2b7a4ae786f12edc8cc99f2b0
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1128/am.19.2.383-384.1970