Affiliation:
1. Planetary Quarantine Department, Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87115
Abstract
Dry heat sterilization of
Bacillus subtilis
var.
niger
spores at 105 C is enhanced in the relative humidity range 0.03 to 0.2%. D-values of 115 and 125 C are predicted by a kinetic model with parameters set from 105 C data. These predictions are compared to observations.
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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