Antibacterial characteristics and activity of acid-soluble chitosan

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2806-2814

  Chung, Ying Chien ^a   Chen, Chih Yu ^b  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b HSING WU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial action; Antibacterial activity; Bactericide; Chitosan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; NUCLEOTIDES; SEPARATION;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERICIDE;

CHITOSAN;

AGAROSE; CHITOSAN; EDETIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMYXIN;

BACTERIA; CELLS; CHITOSAN; NUCLEOTIDES; SEPARATION;

ACID; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CHITIN; MEMBRANE; MORTALITY; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; SPHEROPLAST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHITOSAN; EDETIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLYMYXINS; SOLUBILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 38849166119     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.06.044     Document Type: Article

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