Exchangeable Ions Are Responsible for the In Vitro Antibacterial Properties of Natural Clay Mixtures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Otto, Caitlin C ^a   Haydel, Shelley E ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; CHLORITE; COBALT; COPPER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; METICILLIN; MONTMORILLONITE; NICKEL; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; CATION; CLAY; HEAVY METAL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINERALOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CATIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LINEAR MODELS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84877852907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064068     Document Type: Article

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