Microbial Inactivation in the Liquid Phase Induced by Multigas Plasma Jet.

Various gas atmospheric nonthermal plasmas were generated using a multigas plasma jet to treat microbial suspensions. Results indicated that carbon dioxide and nitrogen plasma had high sterilization effects. Carbon dioxide plasma, which generated the greatest amount of singlet oxygen than other gas...

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Main Authors: Toshihiro Takamatsu, Kodai Uehara, Yota Sasaki, Miyahara Hidekazu, Yuriko Matsumura, Atsuo Iwasawa, Norihiko Ito, Masahiro Kohno, Takeshi Azuma, Akitoshi Okino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4501802?pdf=render