Inactivation of Bacillus anthracis Spores

摘要

After the intentional release of Bacillus anthracisthrough the U.S. Postal Service in the fall of 2001, manyenvironments were contaminated with B. anthracis spores,and frequent inquiries were made regarding the science ofdestroying these spores. We conducted a survey of the lit-erature that had potential application to the inactivation ofB. anthracis spores. This article provides a tabular sum-mary of the results