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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2005, p. 5587-5589, Vol. 71, No. 9
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.9.5587-5589.2005

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Inactivation of Spores of Bacillus anthracis Sterne, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis by Chlorination

E. W. Rice,1* N. J. Adcock,1 M. Sivaganesan,1 and L. J. Rose2

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio,1 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia2

Received 30 September 2004/ Accepted 25 March 2005

Three species of Bacillus were evaluated as potential surrogates for Bacillus anthracis for determining the sporicidal activity of chlorination as commonly used in drinking water treatment. Spores of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis were found to be an appropriate surrogate for spores of B. anthracis for use in chlorine inactivation studies.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Homeland Security Research Center, U.S. EPA, 26 W. M. L. King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268. Phone: (513) 569-7204. Fax: (513) 487-2555. E-mail: rice.gene{at}epa.gov.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2005, p. 5587-5589, Vol. 71, No. 9
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.9.5587-5589.2005




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