Antimicrobial metallic copper surfaces kill Staphylococcus haemolyticus via membrane damage

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-52

  Santo, Christophe Espírito ^a,b   Quaranta, Davide ^b   Grass, Gregor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Membrane damage; Metallic copper toxicity; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COPPER; COPPER ION; CYCLOSERINE; DYE; FORMALDEHYDE; IRON; STAINLESS STEEL; ZINC;

AAPA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84876190733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.2     Document Type: Article

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