Photoinactivation of bacteria. Use of a cationic water-soluble zinc phthalocyanine to photoinactivate both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-164

  Minnock, Andrew ^a   Vernon, David I ^a   Schofield, Jack ^a   Griffiths, John ^a   Parish, J Howard ^a   Brown, Stanley B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cationic; Gram negative; Gram positive; Phthalocyanine

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PHTHALOCYANINE ZINC;

ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS GARVIEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0029939432     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(95)07148-2     Document Type: Article

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