Mathematical models for Enterococcus faecalis recovery after microwave water disinfection.

Microwave water disinfection is a rapid purification technique which can give billions of people access to clean drinking water. However, better understanding of bacterial recovery after microwave heating over time is necessary to determine parameters such as delayed bacterial growth rates and maximum bacterial yields. Mathematical models for Enterococcus faecalis recovery after microwave treatment in optimum growth conditions were developed for times up to 5 minutes using an optical absorbance method.

3-(2,6-Dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-3-aza-bicyclo-[3.2.0]heptane-2,4-dione.

The title mol-ecule, C(11)H(12)N(2)O(4), consists of a 3-aza-bicyclo-[3.2.0]heptane group containing a nearly planar cyclo-butane ring (r.

Mathematical models of cobalt and iron ions catalyzed microwave bacterial deactivation.

Time differences for Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli survival during microwave irradiation (power 130 W) in the presence of aqueous cobalt and iron ions were investigated. Measured dependencies had "bell" shape forms with maximum bacterial viability between 1 - 2 min becoming insignificant at 3 minutes. The deactivation time for E.