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. 2008 Dec;72(4):590–641. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00016-08

TABLE 23.

Physical inhibitory factors

Factor Inhibitory potency (reference)
Hydrostatic pressure 850 barsa (bovine heart SMP-ATPase, 0.02 mg/ml) (105)
Far-UV irradiation ∼80% inhibition within 15 min at 254 nm (bovine heart SMP-ATPase) (75)
Cold temp 15-60 minb at 4°C (324), 4-40 mina at 0°C with different prepn (bovine heart MF1-ATPase) (308, 309)
a

I50.

b

Half-life.