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spellingShingle Klämpfl, Tobias G., Isbary, Georg, Shimizu, Tetsuji, Li, Yang-Fang, Zimmermann, Julia L., Stolz, Wilhelm, Schlegel, Jürgen, Morfill, Gregor E., Schmidt, Hans-Ulrich, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Cold Atmospheric Air Plasma Sterilization against Spores and Other Microorganisms of Clinical Interest, Ecology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Food Science, Biotechnology
title Cold Atmospheric Air Plasma Sterilization against Spores and Other Microorganisms of Clinical Interest
title_full Cold Atmospheric Air Plasma Sterilization against Spores and Other Microorganisms of Clinical Interest
title_fullStr Cold Atmospheric Air Plasma Sterilization against Spores and Other Microorganisms of Clinical Interest
title_full_unstemmed Cold Atmospheric Air Plasma Sterilization against Spores and Other Microorganisms of Clinical Interest
title_short Cold Atmospheric Air Plasma Sterilization against Spores and Other Microorganisms of Clinical Interest
title_sort cold atmospheric air plasma sterilization against spores and other microorganisms of clinical interest
title_unstemmed Cold Atmospheric Air Plasma Sterilization against Spores and Other Microorganisms of Clinical Interest
topic Ecology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Food Science, Biotechnology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.00583-12