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Mechanisms of enhanced bacterial endospore inactivation during sterilization by ohmic heating.
Bioelectrochemistry (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Dec 2019
Schottroff Felix, Pyatkovskyy Taras, Reineke Kai, Setlow Peter, Sastry Sudhir K, Jaeger Henry
Abstract excerpt
During ohmic heating, the electric field may additionally inactivate bacterial endospores. However, the exact mechanism of action is unclear. Thus, a mechanistic study was carried out, investigating the possible target of electric fields inside the spore. Bacillus subtilis spores were heated by conventional and ohmic heating in a capillary system under almost identical thermal conditions. Wild-type (PS533) spores...
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