Inactivation of Legionella pneumophila by hypochlorite and an organic chloramine
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 53 (12) , 2983-2986
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.53.12.2983-2986.1987
Abstract
The susceptibility of a strain of Legionella pneumophila to disinfection by an organic halamine, free chlorine, and a mixture of the organic halamine and free chlorine was assessed. The organic halamine was found to have superior stability in solution and to exhibit adequate disinfectant potential over a period of 1 month of repeated reinoculations of fresh bacteria. The combined halamine exhibited great potential for use in maintaining closed-cycle cooling water systems free of L. pneumophila.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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