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US 6,669,901 B2Granted
Method for eliminating Legionella from a colonised aqueous flow by electropulsing, a method for treating an aqueous flow by electropulsing, and its application to eliminating Legionella
AssigneeCentre National De La Recherche Scientifique
InventorsNathalie Eynard, Pierre-Andrè Cabanes, Justin Teissie
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for treating an aqueous flow colonised by cells by applying a pulsed electric field, the intensity of the field being less than 1 kV/cm. It also relates to the application of this method to eliminating Legionella and to a method for destroying Legionella.
Claims15
A method for destroying Legionella in a colonized aqueous flow, comprising applying a pulsed electric field to the aqueous flow, said applied electric field being less than 1 kV/cm.
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