Spores, both bacterial and fungal, present problems for contamination control. Spores are very resistant to conventional cleaning and disinfection, with bacterial spores presenting a resistance problem and fungal spores presenting a particular risk in terms of dispersal.
Dr. Tim Sandle has over twenty-five years’ experience of microbiological research and biopharmaceutical processing. He is a member of several editorial boards and he has written over six hundred book chapters, peer reviewed papers and technical articles relating to microbiology. Dr. Sandle works for a pharmaceutical manufacturer in the UK, and is a visiting tutor at both the University of Manchester and UCL.