There is a need for new disinfection methods that are effective against Clostridium difficile spores, but also safe and rapid. The Sterilray™ Disinfection Wand device is a hand-held room ...

Research by the University of Plymouth showed spores of Clostridium difficile, commonly known as C. diff, are completely unaffected despite being treated with high concentrations of bleach used in ...

Associate Professor Mayo Yasugi's team at Osaka Metropolitan University's Graduate School of Veterinary Science has examined how amino acids are involved in Clostridium perfringens spore formation.

It produces spores and allows all metabolic activity. Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is a type of bacteria that can cause ...

Our Clostridium botulinum research funded by several competitive ... and genetic regulation of botulinum neurotoxin production and spore formation, stress and adaptive mechanisms, and ecology and ...

difficile is the spore, a resistant structure that can survive on hospital ... The five-year grant for the study "Prophylaxis of Clostridium difficile Infection" began Dec. 1, 2014, and provides ...

difficile spores require approximately 45 minutes and patients cannot be in the room during use of the device. The mechanism of killing of microorganisms by UV-C (230–280 nm) is primarily due to ...