The use of germinants to potentiate the sensitivity of Bacillus anthracis spores to peracetic acid

Elimination of Bacillus anthracis spores from the environment is a difficult and costly process due in part to the toxicity of current sporicidal agents. For this reason we investigated the ability of the spore germinants L-alanine (100 mM) and inosine (5 mM) to reduce the concentration of peracetic...

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Main Authors: Ozgur eCelebi, Fatih eBuyuk, Tom ePottage, Ant eCrook, Suzanna eHawkey, Callum eCooper, Allan eBennett, Mitat eSahin, Leslie eBaillie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00018/full