The present study compares the efficacy of various disinfectants against Bacillus anthracis spores. While Bleach Rite(®) and 10% bleach reduce spore numbers by 90% within 10 minutes, a long contact time is required for complete disinfection. By contrast, although SporGon(®) did not initially reduce the number of spores as quickly as Bleach Rite or 10% bleach, shorter contact times were required...

dry bubble disease is one of the most important serious diseases of the cultivated white button mushroom (agaricus bisporus (lange) imbach). it is a cosmopolitan disease having a worldwide distribution. ten isolates of lecanicillium fungicola var. fungicola (preuss) zare and gams were collected from mushroom farms. sensitivity of the isolates to benomyl, carbendazim, carbendazim+iprodione and p...

Maggot debridement therapy (MDT) is the use of the larval stage of flies (i.e., Calliphoridae) to remove necrotic tissue and disinfect wounds. Effective MDT requires aseptic technique to prevent the unintentional introduction of pathogenic bacteria into a wound to be debrided; yet the external surface of Calliphoridae eggs is often heavily contaminated with bacteria. Studies of external disinfe...