@article{08ee8563466e4910948914eeda947051,
title = "Destruction of Bacillus subtilis cells using an atmospheric-pressure capillary plasma electrode discharge",
abstract = "We report the results of experiments aimed at the investigation of the destruction of spore-forming bacteria, which are believed to be among the most resistant micro-organisms, using a novel atmospheric-pressure capillary plasma electrode discharge plasma. Various well-characterized cultures of Bacillus subtilis were prepared, subjected to atmospheric-pressure plasma jets emanating from a plasma-shower reactor operated either in He or in air (N2/O2 mixture) at various power levels and exposure times, and analyzed after plasma treatment. Reductions in colony-forming units ranged from 104 (He plasma) to 108 (air plasma) for plasma exposure times of less than 10 min.",
keywords = "Atmospheric-pressure plasmas, Decontamination, Plasma physics",
author = "Panikov, {N. S.} and S. Paduraru and R. Crowe and Ricatto, {P. J.} and C. Christodoulatos and K. Becker",
note = "Funding Information: Manuscript received September 20, 2001; revised January 24, 2002. This work was supported in part by a NASA-SBIR Phase I Award to PlasmaSol through the Planetary Protection Group, and by the National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. N. S. Panikov and S. Paduraru are with the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA. R. Crowe and P. J. Ricatto are with the PlasmaSol Corporation, Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA. C. Christodoulatos is with the Department of Civil, Ocean, and Environmental Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA. K. Becker is with the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TPS.2002.804195",
year = "2002",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1109/TPS.2002.804195",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "30",
pages = "1424--1428",
journal = "IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science",
issn = "0093-3813",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "4 I",
}