Methods of eliminating spores
AssigneeLifeclean International AB
InventorsStaffan Sandström, Carl-Gustav Millinger
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Abstract
Methods of eliminating spores of spore forming bacteria from the genus Clostridium on a surface comprise contacting the surface with an effective amount of an acidic aqueous composition having an acidic pH of from about 1 to about 4 and comprising from about 100 to about 2000 ppm dissolved chlorine dioxide, and a surfactant system having wetting effect and a spore solubilising effect. The surfactant system comprises at least two hydrocarbon ionic surfactants stable for oxidation at the acidic pH, of which at least two surfactants have a difference in hydrocarbon chain length of at least four carbon atoms.
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A method of eliminating spores of spore forming bacteria from the genus Clostridium on a surface, comprising contacting the surface with an effective amount of an acidic aqueous composition having an acidic pH of from about 1 to about 4 and comprising from about 100 to about 2000 ppm dissolved chlorine dioxide, and a surfactant system having wetting effect and a spore solubilising effect, wherein the surfactant system comprises at least two hydrocarbon ionic surfactants stable for oxidation at the acidic pH, of which at least two surfactants have a difference in hydrocarbon chain length of at least four carbon atoms.
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