Companies want to be sure that their cleaning inactivates the virus that causes COVID-19.
Testing whether a cleaning chemical or sanitiser inactivates a virus is challenging. Working with a human pathogen can also be fraught with problems. One way ar
A study published in Frontiers in Microbiology has found that Salmonella uses lettuce as a host to evade cleaning. The pathogen can get into tiny pores in the lettuce, meaning that it can’t be washed off the leaves. This strategy also protects them a
