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2.3 Microbiologicaldiagnostics...................... 27
2.3.1 Theoretical description of bacteria inactivation . . . .... 27
2.3.2 Experimental technique used for bacteria inactivation . . . 32
2.3.2.1 Microorganisms used for testing procedures . . . 32
2.3.2.2 Samplespreparation ................ 33
2.3.2.3 Determinationofviablespores .......... 34
2.4 Plasmadiagnostics .......................... 37
2.4.1 Measurementofelectricalproperties ............ 37
2.4.2 Measurementoftheplasmalightemission ......... 38
3 RELATIVE INFLUENCE OF PLASMA INACTIVATION AGENTS ON
BACTERIAL SPORES IN CONTINUOUS WAVE RF OXYGEN DIS-
CHARGES 41
3.1 Introduction . ............................. 41
3.2 Experimentalprocedure ....................... 43
3.3 ExperimentalresultsandDiscussion................. 43
3.3.1 Influenceofheat ....................... 43
3.3.2 Influenceofopticalradiation................. 51
3.3.3 Influenceofplasmaparticles................. 57
3.4 Initialstageofplasmatreatment .................. 62
3.5 Powersensitivityofsporeinactivationkinetics........... 64
3.6 Conclusions .............................. 66
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