Antimicrobial activity of the iron-sulfur nitroso compound Roussin's black salt [Fe 4S 3(NO) 7] on the hyperthermophilic archaeon furiosus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1820-1825

  Hamilton Brehm, Scott D ^a   Schut, Gerrit J ^a   Adams, Michael W W ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENTS; CELL LYSIS; CYTOSOLIC; ELEMENTAL SULFURS; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; MEMBRANE DISRUPTIONS; NEW CLASS; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

CELL GROWTH; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR;

CELL MEMBRANES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; ROUSSIN BLACK SALT; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON; LYSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; PATHOGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL TRANSFER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL MEMBRANE; DISINFECTANTS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; SULFUR;

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 63849265739     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02562-08     Document Type: Article

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