Antimicrobial cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, induces superoxide stress in Escherichia coli cells

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 568-579

  Nakata, K ^a   Tsuchido, T ^a   Matsumura, Y ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial surfactant; Quaternary ammonium compounds; soxRS; Superoxide dismutase; Superoxide stress

Indexed keywords

CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CYTOLOGY; DYES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIMICROBIAL SURFACTANT; BROMIDE TREATMENTS; CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND; SOXRS; SOXRS REGULON; SUPER OXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASES; SUPEROXIDE STRESS; SUPEROXIDES;

OXIDATION;

CATIONIC SURFACTANT; CETRIMIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BROMIDE; CATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULON; SOXR GENE; SOXRS GENE; SOXS GENE; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78650995649     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04912.x     Document Type: Article

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