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Title: Bactericidal effectiveness of modulated UV light

Journal Article · · Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (USA)
OSTI ID:5800403
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  1. Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston (USA)
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Studies were designed to evaluate the effectiveness of pulsed modulated UV light waveforms for killing bacteria. Exposure of five strains of bacteria to the modulated information encoded in the light decreased the colony population from a confluent lawn to less than 20 colonies. However, approximately 2,000 colonies survived treatment with the same intensity and time of exposure to UV light lacking the modulated information.

OSTI ID:
5800403
Journal Information:
Applied and Environmental Microbiology; (USA), Vol. 56:12; ISSN 0099-2240
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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