@article{Garrido Sanchis_Ninham_2021, title={Very High Efficiency of Pathogen Inactivation by Body Temperature CO2 Bubbles: in Pursuit of Mechanism}, url={https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/subs/article/view/1030}, DOI={10.36253/Substantia-1030}, abstractNote={<p>A CO<sub>2</sub> bubble column (CBC) has been developed as a body-temperature lab-scale water sterilization process for the inactivation of pathogens. Both CO<sub>2</sub> and combustion gas bubbles inactivated <em>Escherichia coli</em> C-3000 (ATCC15597) with extraordinary efficiency in solutions with low alkalinity. The mechanisms of inactivation were not known. To characterise the phenomena a new first-order kinetic equation that correlates <em>E.coli</em> inactivation rates with a total alkalinity of the solutions has been developed as a first step towards understanding. This leads us to propose a new mechanism of inactivation.</p>}, journal={Substantia}, author={Garrido Sanchis, Adrian and Ninham, Barry W.}, year={2021}, month={Mar.}, pages={57–67} }