Description:Content: Preface / Peter Gilbert -- Effects of environmental chemicals and the host-pathogen relationship: are there any negative consequences for human health? / Syed A. Sattar, Jason A. Tetro and V. Susan Springthorpe -- Disinfection and sterilization in healthcare facilities / Martin S. Favero -- Disinfection of prions / Kurt Giles ... [et al.] -- Strategies for inactivating prions / Martin S. Favero -- Biofilms and biocides: growing consistent monoculture biofilms for biocide assessment / T. Reg. Bott -- Topical antimicrobials / Daryl S. Paulson -- Preparation of phthalaldehydes by hydrolysis of aromatic gem-Tetrabromides / Peter Zhu, Kaitao Lu and Der-Haw Wang -- Efficacy and mycobactericidal action of Aldehydes: structure-activity relationship / Jean-Yves Maillard and Sébastien Fraud -- Ortho-phthalaldehyde: mechanisms of action against mycobacteria / Charles G. Roberts and Chris R. French -- The Jekyll and Hyde roles of cysteine derivatives during oxidative stress / Péter Nagy ... [et al.] -- Identification strategy of mechanism-based lipophilic antimicrobials / Alexander Pauli -- Where old biocides meet new biocides: hypohalite defense factors of the human oral cavity / Michael T. Ashby -- Peroxygens and other forms of oxygen: their use for effective cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization / Gerald McDonnell -- Electrolyzed water: principles and applications / Yi-Cheng Su, Chengchu Liu and Yen-Con Hung -- Use of mannitol hydrogen peroxide to control microbial produced skin irritants / David W. Koenig and Benard J. Minerath -- Micrology and chemistry of ortho-phthalaldehyde -- J.M. Ascenzi, H. Chan-Myers and M.D. Gordon / Increasing disinfection efficacy of Glutaraldehyde via chemical and physical enhancement / Wei Shen, Yilin Ge and Yi Su -- Natural antimicrobials from plant essential oils / Rong Tsao and Ting Zhou -- Antibacterial actions of ginkgolic acids and related mechanisms / Jia-Hu Pan -- Antimicrobial properties of Boron derivatives / Olga Borokhov and David Schubert -- Comparison of mycobacterial susceptibilities to six chemical disinfectants / Chaowu Zhang and Guoqing Wang -- A comparison of the microbicidal efficacy on germ carriers of several tertiary amine compounds versus OPA and perasafe / Rafael Herruzo, Maria Jose Vizcaíno-Alcaide and Julio Rodriguez.