Unlocking the Sporicidal Potential of Ethanol: Induced Sporicidal Activity of Ethanol against Clostridium difficile and Bacillus Spores under Altered Physical and Chemical Conditions

• Michelle M. Nerandzic ,

  * E-mail: michellenerandzi@aim.com

  Affiliation Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Venkata C. K. Sunkesula,

  Affiliations Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Thriveen Sankar C.,

  Affiliation Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Peter Setlow,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Curtis J. Donskey

  Affiliations Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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