Germicidal Effect of Ultraviolet Irradiation on Paper Contaminated with Mycobacteria

1 January 1970

journal article
research article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied Microbiology

Vol. 19 (2) , 383-384
https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.19.2.383-384.1970

Abstract

An ultraviolet chamber for decontaminating single sheets of paper seeded with mycobacteria was investigated. The ultraviolet killing effect ranged from 50% for Mycobacterium kansasii to more than 99% for M. tuberculosis.

Keywords

ULTRAVIOLET
SEEDED
DECONTAMINATING
GERMICIDAL
TUBERCULOSIS
SHEETS
CHAMBER
MYCOBACTERIUM
KANSASII
CONTAMINATED