Biomaterial Database

[Survival of anthrax spores on surfaces (author's transl)]. 1980

P Dietz, and R Böhm, and D Strauch

The survival of spores of Bac. anthracis on the surfaces of wood, resopal, aluminum, teflon, PVC, lacquered sheet metal and ceramics was investigated during a period of 987 days. Two figures are showing the logarithmical reduction rates of germ counts on these materials. The lowest reduction rates were found on wood, the highest on ceramics. On dark surfaces the reduction rate was not as high as on light ones. The increase of relative humidity from 35% to 45% seems to enforce th inactivation of the spores of Bac. anthracis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011108	Polymers	Compounds formed by the joining of smaller, usually repeating, units linked by covalent bonds. These compounds often form large macromolecules (e.g., BIOPOLYMERS; PLASTICS).	Polymer
D002516	Ceramics	Products made by baking or firing nonmetallic minerals (clay and similar materials). In making dental restorations or parts of restorations the material is fused porcelain. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed & Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed)	Ceramic
D006813	Humidity	A measure of the amount of WATER VAPOR in the air.	Humidities
D000535	Aluminum	A metallic element that has the atomic number 13, atomic symbol Al, and atomic weight 26.98.	Aluminium,Aluminium-27,Aluminum-27,Aluminium 27,Aluminum 27
D001408	Bacillus anthracis	A species of bacteria that causes ANTHRAX in humans and animals.
D013171	Spores, Bacterial	Heat and stain resistant, metabolically inactive bodies formed within the vegetative cells of bacteria of the genera Bacillus and Clostridium.	Bacterial Spores,Bacterial Spore,Spore, Bacterial
D014934	Wood	A product of hard secondary xylem composed of CELLULOSE, hemicellulose, and LIGNANS, that is under the bark of trees and shrubs. It is used in construction and as a source of CHARCOAL and many other products.	Woods