... The roles of the various plasma agents in the inactivation of bacteria XinPei Lu,1,a͒Tao Ye,2YingGuang Cao,2ZiYong Sun,2Qing Xiong,1ZhiYuan Tang,1ZhiLan Xiong,1Jing Hu,1ZhongHe ... People’sRepublic of China͑Received 21 May 2008; accepted 9 July 2008; published online 15 September 2008͒ The roles of various plasma agents in the inactivation of bacteria have recently been investigated.However, ... carrying a peak current of 300 mA, is used to investigate the role of the charged particles in the inactivation process. It is found that the charged particles play a minor role in the inactivation process...