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Possibilities of sterilization by track membranes

M. F. Kudoyarov^a, B. I. Vishnevskii^b, O. A. Manicheva^b, E. N. Myakotina^b, S. A. Mukhin^a, M. Ya. Patrova^a, Yu. V. Vedmetskii<sup>c

a</sup> Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg
^b St. Petersburg Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology
^c GIDROKOMPLEKT Company, Schlisselburg, Leningrad oblast, 187320, Russia

Abstract: The possibility of using track membranes for the dimensional separation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) species from liquid media has been studied. A set of track membranes with various pore diameters was prepared at the accelerator complex of the Ioffe Physical Technical Institute (St. Petersburg) and all samples were tested for their ability to separate MBT species of 13 strains from solutions. The results showed high ability of the track membranes with pore diameters from 180 to 300 nm to sterilize liquid media and confirmed the hypothesis concerning relatively high rigidity of these bacteria.

Received: 13.03.2011

 English version: Technical Physics Letters, 2011, 37:9, 881–883

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