Open AccessCharacteristics and resistance to selected disinfectants of bacterial spores of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus
Author(s) -
Anna Kierzkowska
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medycyna doświadczalna i mikrobiologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2545-2517
pISSN - 0025-8601
DOI - 10.32394/mdm.70.2.10
Subject(s) - disinfectant , endospore , bacillus subtilis , bacillus cereus , spore , microbiology and biotechnology , biocide , cereus , bacteria , bacillus (shape) , chemistry , food science , biology , organic chemistry , genetics
Despite the emergence of newer disinfectant preparations on the market, there are still no biocides that would effectively eliminate spores of multi-drug resistant pathogenic bacteria. For this reason, most commercially available sporicidal preparations are mixtures of several substances. The paper discusses the endospore characteristics, their development cycle and the list of currently effective substances used in mixtures of sporicidal preparations