title: Germinant-enhanced decontamination of Bacillus spores adhered to iron and cement-mortar drinking water infrastructures.
abstract: Germination was evaluated as an enhancement to decontamination methods for removing Bacillus spores from drinking water infrastructure. Germinating spores before chlorinating cement mortar or flushing corroded iron was more effective than chlorinating or flushing alone.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Homeland Security Research Center, Water Infrastructure Protection Division, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. szabo.jeff@epa.gov
authors.forename: Jeffrey G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.forename: Nur
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Muhammad
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Heckman
authors.forename: Eugene W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000502:physiology*; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D003252:Construction Materials / Q000382:microbiology*; D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods*; D060766:Drinking Water / Q000382:microbiology*; D054879:Halogenation; D007501:Iron; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water; D007501:Iron