ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — MIOX Corporation has discovered one reason why Cryptosporidium parvum is resistant to chlorine, according to a press release.
In an article published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology, Principal Microbiologist George Bajszar, Ph.D., explains that chlorine triggers a strong defensive molecular response to oxidative stress in the waterborne parasite, the release stated.
This response likely contributes to the high resistance of these waterborne pathogens to chlorination, according to the release.
These findings will enable MIOX and others in the drinking water community to develop more efficient disinfection protocols and analytical methods for the inactivation of chlorine-resistant microorganisms, the release stated.
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