Homogeneous Bacterial Aerosols Produced with a Spinning-Disc Generator

AUTOR(ES)

Harstad, J. Bruce

RESUMO

Aerosols composed of viable particles of a uniform size were produced with a commercial spinning-disc generator from aqueous suspensions of Bacillus subtilis var. niger spores containing various amounts of an inert material, dextran, to regulate aerosol particle size. Aerosols composed of single naked spores having an equivalent spherical diameter of 0.87 μm were produced from spore suspensions without dextran, whereas aerosols produced from suspensions containing 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, and 1% dextran had median diameters of 0.90, 1.04, 1.80, and 3.62 μm, respectively. Such aerosols, both homogeneous and viable, would be useful for calibrating air sampling devices, evaluating air filter systems, or for employment wherever aerosol behavior may be size-dependent.

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