Re: yeast on galvanized ductwork

[Guest guest]

Yeast was often a troublesome contaminant back when I used to do

mammalian tissue culture. Once something was contaminated you had to

clean everything. It would even survive in the copper water trays in

the incubators and on the copper shelving. So if it can survive on

copper then Im not sure how effective zinc would be.

But, as with all microbes, without liquid and nutrition it would

eventually die.

Stuart

>

> Terry, I can't answer your question about yeast specifically. I

would

> suspect it would depend on dust accumulation because direct contact

> with zinc (ductwork) would likely have an anti-microbial effect.

I'll

> email the study that I have.

> Warmest regards,

> Althouse

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