This Major Qualifying Project used the bacterium Bacillus subtilis as a surrogate for Bacillus anthracis to determine the efficacy of pulsed white light as an investigating agent against the bacterial spore in dry conditions and in water. The goals of this part of the project were to discover if pulsed white light is useful in these conditions and also to eliminate the possibility that the spores are being inactivated simply by the heat produced by the light.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Furhman, Meredith A.
• Lyons, Julia Norma

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 04D187M

Advisor

• Crusberg, Theodore C.

Year

• 2004

Date created

• 2004-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biology & Biotechnology

Rights statement

• In Copyright