Malana /ma-la-na/ [3 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced ma-LAH-nah. It is of Hawaiian origin, and the meaning of Malana is buoyant, light.
The benefit of Type 5 indicators is the ability to provide a distinct pass/fail result providing the confidence of sterility prior to releasing the load. Type 5 indicators closely mimic biological monitoring but since they do not contain spores, will not replace the need for weekly biological testing.
(February 2014) An indicator species is any biological species that defines a trait or characteristic of the environment. For an example, a species may delineate an ecoregion or indicate an environmental condition such as a disease outbreak, pollution, species competition or climate change. Indicator species can be among the most sensitive species in a region, and sometimes act as an early warning to monitoring biologists.