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Dry thermal treatment of soil contaminated with B. anthracis surrogate spores; study efficacy data from heat chamber and soil column tests

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 12:46 AM | Dataset Last Updated: July 21, 2020
The data are from the oven tests and the soil column tests in seven MS Excel spreadsheets. Included are the raw plate and ancillary data used to calculate the number for spores recovered from each soil sample, in colony forming units (CFU). This dataset is associated with the following publication: Wood, J., A. Touati, A. Abdel-Hady, D. Aslett, F. Delafield, W. Calfee, E. Silvestri, S. Serre, L. Mickelsen, C. Tomlinson, and A. Mikelonis. Decontamination of soil contaminated at the surface with Bacillus anthracis spores using dry thermal treatment. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, USA, 10, (2020).

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  • Column test results MCL Clay HCB Loam.xlsx

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  • Oven test results 110 C.xlsx

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  • Oven test results 80 C Low RH with data dictionary.xlsx

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  • Oven test results 90 C tests 1 and 2.xlsx

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  • Summary Results 80 C Low RH.xlsx

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description The data are from the oven tests and the soil column tests in seven MS Excel spreadsheets. Included are the raw plate and ancillary data used to calculate the number for spores recovered from each soil sample, in colony forming units (CFU). This dataset is associated with the following publication: Wood, J., A. Touati, A. Abdel-Hady, D. Aslett, F. Delafield, W. Calfee, E. Silvestri, S. Serre, L. Mickelsen, C. Tomlinson, and A. Mikelonis. Decontamination of soil contaminated at the surface with Bacillus anthracis spores using dry thermal treatment. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, USA, 10, (2020).
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keyword 
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  "B. anthracis",
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license https://pasteur.epa.gov/license/sciencehub-license.html
modified 2020-07-21
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rights 
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title Dry thermal treatment of soil contaminated with B. anthracis surrogate spores; study efficacy data from heat chamber and soil column tests

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