Synergistic combinations of monochloramine and organic acid, and methods of using the same for microbial control
AssigneeBuckman Laboratories International, Inc.
InventorsJohn P. Buyondo, Mark L. Reed, Bernard Janse
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Abstract
Methods for controlling the growth of microorganisms in or on a product, material, or medium, such as a fermentable or fermenting medium, susceptible to attack by a microorganism, by treating with aqueous solution comprising monochloramine and at least one organic acid in a synergistically microbicidally effective combined amount to control unwanted microbial growth. Microbicidal aqueous solutions containing monochloramine and at least one organic acid in a synergistically microbicidally effective combined amount to control the growth of at least one microorganism are also described.
Claims10
A method of controlling the growth of at least one microorganism in or on a product, material, or medium, each of the product, material, or medium susceptible to attack by the at least one microorganism, the method comprising treating the product, material or medium with aqueous solution comprising (a) monochloramine and (b) at least one organic acid, wherein components (a) and (b) are present in a synergistically microbicidally effective combined amount to control the growth of the at least one microorganism, wherein the organic acid is citric acid, formic acid, acetic acid, bromoacetic acid, glycolic acid, propionic acid, glyoxylic acid, gluconic acid, lactic acid, tartaric acid, malonic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, sorbic acid, undecenoic acid, undecynoic acid, benzoic acid, hydroxybenzoic acid, salicylic acid, dehydracetic acid, or salts or esters thereof, or any combinations thereof.
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