Germinant-enhanced decontamination of Bacillus spores adhered to iron and cement-mortar drinking water infrastructures.
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Germination was evaluated as an enhancement to decontamination methods for removing Bacillus spores from drinking water infrastructure. Germinating spores before chlorinating cement mortar or flushing corroded iron was more effective than chlorinating or flushing alone.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Applied and environmental microbiology
دوره 78 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012