Affiliation:
1. U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 1 and Naval Biological Laboratory, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California
Abstract
Survivor curves were determined for
Serratia marcescens, Sarcina lutea, Pasteurella tularensis
, and
P. pestis
deposited from the airborne state onto metallic surfaces and subsequently stored at various humidities and temperatures. Cells of all species tested remained alive longest in a dry atmosphere, except that cells of
S. marcescens
survived best in a saturated atmosphere. Survival decreased most rapidly at the intermediate humidity level for three of the test organisms, yet
P. tularensis
died most rapidly in a saturated atmosphere. An increase in temperature decreased survival of
P. pestis
and
P. tularensis
.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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