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. 2007 May;73(10):3437-9.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.00051-07. Epub 2007 Mar 30.

Monochloramine inactivation of bacterial select agents

Laura J Rose  1 , Eugene W Rice, Lisa Hodges, Alicia Peterson, Matthew J Arduino
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Monochloramine inactivation of bacterial select agents

Laura J Rose et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 May.

Abstract

Seven species of bacterial select agents were tested for susceptibility to monochloramine. Under test conditions, the monochloramine routinely maintained in potable water would reduce six of the species by 2 orders of magnitude within 4.2 h. Bacillus anthracis spores would require up to 3.5 days for the same inactivation with monochloramine.

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