The Toxic Effect of Oxygen Upon the Aerosol Survival of Escherichia coli B
- 1 October 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 49 (1), 115-117
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-49-1-115
Abstract
At high relative humidity (RH) similar survivals were obtained for storage in oxygen, air or nitrogen. At low RH the survival in nitrogen was much greater than that in air or in a 20% (v/v) oxygen+80% (v/v) nitrogen mixture, in which the survivals were similar. In oxygen alone, survival was even lower than in air. Hence oxygen, or a trace contaminant in it, was responsible for the poorer survival in air than in nitrogen. The mechanism of death caused by oxygen is discussed.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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