Contact killing of bacteria on copper is suppressed if bacterial-metal contact is prevented and is induced on iron by copper ions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2605-2611

  Mathews, Salima ^a   Hans, Michael ^b   Mücklich, Frank ^b   Solioz, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ENVELOPES; CELL VIABILITY; COPPER IONS; COPPER SURFACE; INERT POLYMERS; LASER INTERFERENCE LITHOGRAPHY; MODEL ORGANISMS; MODIFIED SURFACES;

BACILLI; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; METAL IONS;

COPPER;

CATION; COPPER; IRON;

COPPER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLASS; ION; IRON; LASER METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SURFACE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

CATIONS; CELL MEMBRANE; COPPER; ENTEROCOCCUS; IRON; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE;

EID: 84876197224     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03608-12     Document Type: Article

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