WK63005 - New Practice for Preparation of Bacillus Endospores for Testing

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ASTM WK63005

New Practice for Preparation of Bacillus Endospores for Testing

1. Scope

This practice is used to reproducibly prepare purified, uniformly sized Bacillus endospores for use in standardized test methods.

Keywords

Bacillus, simulant, spore, decontamination, broth-culture

Rationale

This information is currently an appendix to E3092-2018. There are currently no standard methods used by the federal government for the preparation of Bacillus endospore test agent for decontamination studies.

Details

Developed by Subcommittee: E35.15

Committee: E35

Staff Manager: Brian Milewski

Work Item Status

Date Initiated: 04-10-2018

Technical Contact: Alice Young

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