EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF POLYDISPERSIVE BACTERIAL AEROSOLS. REPORT 1. THE THEORY OF THE METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE SURVIVAL OF MICROORGANISMS IN A POLYDISPERSIVE BACTERIAL AEROSOL

Abstract

Conclusions: A formula has been proposed for calculating the survival of microbes in a polydisperse bacterial aerosol, making it possible to exclude the influence of the physical process in the aerosol on the survival index. It has been established that the appearance of a considerable number of nonmicrobial particles in the aerosol can lead to the obtaining of a mistaken result. It is shown theoretically that the upper limit of applicability of the method is an excessive number of microbes in the particle, making a quantitative calculation of them inaccessible, and the lower limit -- the critical radius of the system, depending on the concentration of the initial suspension, or the critical concentration of the initial suspension -- 1.92 . 10 to the 9th power cells/cc.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0619406

Entities

People

  • V. P. Zhalko-titarenko

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerosols
  • Bacteria
  • Bacterial Aerosols
  • Diameters
  • Dispersing
  • Dispersions
  • Infection
  • Microbiology
  • Microorganisms
  • Microscopes
  • Military Medicine
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Pathogenic Bacteria
  • Russian Language
  • Survival
  • Wound Infections

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