title: The survival of micromycetes and yeasts under the low-temperature plasma generated in electrical discharge.
abstract: The fungicidal effect of low-temperature plasma generated by positive direct current discharge and its influence on the growth dynamics was evaluated on three micromycete species and yeast in water suspensions. The fungicidal effect was lower than analogous bactericidal effect and differs substantially among various fungal species. Together with the cidal effects, the slower growth of exposed fungal spores was observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computing and Control Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, 166 28, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soušková
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Scholtz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Julák
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kommová
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Savická
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pazlarová
mesh_terms: D004560:Electricity; D005658:Fungi / Q000254:growth & development*; D050296:Microbial Viability; D010949:Plasma / Q000737:chemistry*; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000254:growth & development*; D013242:Sterilization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015003:Yeasts / Q000254:growth & development