The subject of substantivity as applied to bacteriostats used in soap is reviewed, and the concept of microbiological availability is advanced to describe the interaction of the inherent effectiveness of a bacteriostat with the quantity deposited on a substrate. A method for studying microbiological availability is presented together with data for four soap bacteriostats.
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Taber et al. (1967) studied this question.
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