Detection of viable fungal spores contaminant on documents and rapid control of the effectiveness of an ethylene oxide disinfection using ATP assay

• Published in: Luminescence (Chichester, England) Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 113 - 121
• Main Authors: Rakotonirainy, Malalanirina S., Héraud, Cécile, Lavédrine, Bertrand
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.03.2003
• Subjects: Adenosine Triphosphate - analysis; Algorithms; Aspergillus - chemistry; Aspergillus niger - chemistry; ATP bioluminescence; ATP extraction; biodeterioration; Disinfectants; Disinfection; Ethylene Oxide; fungi; Hot Temperature; Indicators and Reagents; Libraries; rapid microbiology; Reference Standards; Reproducibility of Results; Species Specificity; Spores, Fungal - chemistry; Sterilization

Filamentous fungi are able to damage and even destroy archival and library materials. Nowadays the conventional method for detecting such micro‐organisms is to put them in cultures but such methods are laborious and time‐consuming. ATP methodology has been widely applied in other domains and its suc...