Patent ID: 8080404

Claim:
A method for decontamination of a hazardous agent, comprising: producing a reactant mixture by mixing an oxidoreductase enzyme that uses oxygen as an acceptor, an alcohol substrate comprising methanol for said oxidoreductase enzyme, and a buffered medium suitable for maintaining enzymatic activity of said oxidoreductase enzyme, under conditions which maintain the enzymatic activity of said oxidoreductase enzyme so that the oxidoreductase enzyme and the methanol substrate enzymatically produce two antimicrobials consisting of hydrogen peroxide and formaldehyde contacting said hazardous agent comprising a biological agent and/or a chemical agent with said reactant mixture so that said hazardous agent is rendered non-hazardous by said antimicrobials, and further adding an acetyl donating compound to said reactant mixture so that decontaminating power is amplified by the formation of peracetic acid thereby improving bactericidal, sporicidal and fungicidal properties of the reactant mixture.