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I am not sure how it will affect driftwood or if you can save it. It seems unlikely since it's so porus.
However, I will mention studies have shown full strength 6% (not regular 5% there is a difference!) household cleaning vinegar can break down the walls of mycobacterium. It must be full strength undiluted and a minimum of 30 minute exposure but I would doing it longer. This kind is that I buy:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Heinz-Cleaning-Vinegar-1-gal/21570071
I explored this topic previously to decontaminate a use aquarium and posted before. Initially, I went looking for denatured alchohol which is what I've read is best for killing mycobacterium (Merk Vet Manual) aside from freeze drying which not within my reach. I had discussion with a pharmacist he said denatured alchohol is ethanol. I googled denatured alcohol toxic stuff come up( like furniture stripper). So I decided to look for alternatives. Acetic Acid can be found easily it's important to note this is stronger than household vinegar. Mycobacterium has waxy outer shell that is resistant to many chemicals including bleach so having the exactly the right acid concentration would be important.
"Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York tested TB strains and found that exposure to a 6% solution of acetic acid for 30 minutes effectively kills tuberculosis, even strains resistant to almost all antibiotics." Said another way, exposure to 6% acetic acid, just slightly more concentrated than supermarket vinegar, for 30 minutes, reduced the numbers of TB mycobacteria from around 100 million to undetectable levels."
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headl...obacteria.html
This source in of itself is an article on an abstract that I believe came from here (you can find other write ups on this)
http://mbio.asm.org/content/5/2/e00013-14.abstract
Here is a full length article of one study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940030/
It must be full strength to do any good.
However, I will mention studies have shown full strength 6% (not regular 5% there is a difference!) household cleaning vinegar can break down the walls of mycobacterium. It must be full strength undiluted and a minimum of 30 minute exposure but I would doing it longer. This kind is that I buy:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Heinz-Cleaning-Vinegar-1-gal/21570071
I explored this topic previously to decontaminate a use aquarium and posted before. Initially, I went looking for denatured alchohol which is what I've read is best for killing mycobacterium (Merk Vet Manual) aside from freeze drying which not within my reach. I had discussion with a pharmacist he said denatured alchohol is ethanol. I googled denatured alcohol toxic stuff come up( like furniture stripper). So I decided to look for alternatives. Acetic Acid can be found easily it's important to note this is stronger than household vinegar. Mycobacterium has waxy outer shell that is resistant to many chemicals including bleach so having the exactly the right acid concentration would be important.
"Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York tested TB strains and found that exposure to a 6% solution of acetic acid for 30 minutes effectively kills tuberculosis, even strains resistant to almost all antibiotics." Said another way, exposure to 6% acetic acid, just slightly more concentrated than supermarket vinegar, for 30 minutes, reduced the numbers of TB mycobacteria from around 100 million to undetectable levels."
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headl...obacteria.html
This source in of itself is an article on an abstract that I believe came from here (you can find other write ups on this)
http://mbio.asm.org/content/5/2/e00013-14.abstract
Here is a full length article of one study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940030/
It must be full strength to do any good.
