Thermal Inactivation of Viable Bacillus anthracis Surrogate Spores in a Bench-Scale Enclosed Landfill Gas Flare
Citation:
McBrian Tufts, J. AND J. A. ROSATI. Thermal Inactivation of Viable Bacillus anthracis Surrogate Spores in a Bench-Scale Enclosed Landfill Gas Flare. JOURNAL OF AIR AND WASTE MANAGEMENT. Air & Waste Management Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 62(2):151-159, (2012).
Impact/Purpose:
A bench-scale landfill flare system was designed and built to test the potential for landfilled biological spores that migrate from the waste into the landfill gas to pass through the flare and exit into the environment as viable. The residence times and temperatures of the flare were characterized and compared to full-scale systems. Geobacillus stearothermophilus and Bacillus atrophaeus, nonpathogenic spores that serve as surrogates for Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent for anthrax, were investigated to determine whether these organisms would be inactivated or exhibit growth (i.e., remain viable) after passing through a simulated landfill flare
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Journal Article
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THERMAL INACTIVATION OF VIABLE BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SURROGATE IN A BENCH SCALE ENCLOSED LANDFILL GAS FLARE