Items for "hygiene"

Survival of bacteria on wood and plastic particles: Dependence on wood species and environmental conditions

The survival of two hygienically relevant bacteria, Escherichia coli pIE639 and Enterococcus faecium, was followed on wooden sawdust of seven different European woods (pine, spruce, larch, beech, maple, poplar, and oak) versus polyethylene chips by using cultivation-dependent and molecular-based methods in parallel...

Keywords: Bacteria, DNA extraction, hygiene, plastic, wood