RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND THE KILLING OF BACTERIA
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- 1 November 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 80 (5) , 577-579
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.80.5.577-579.1960
Abstract
Water vapor at 93% relative humidity in vacuo is lethal to freeze-dried washed E. coli, M. lysodeikticus survives these conditions for many hours.Keywords
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- EFFECT OF SORBED WATER ON THE DEATH RATE OF WASHED SERRATIA MARCESCENSJournal of Bacteriology, 1957