The aerosol survival of Escherichia coli JEPP, a particularly sensitive strain, has been studied in a nitrogen atmosphere (> 99.9 yo) when sprayed from suspension in solutions of sodium glutamate or glycerol, and collected into phosphate buffer with or without M-sucrose. The response caused by changes in relative humidity (RH) to 30% and I O O ~ ~ before collection was also examined, These two ...