Unraveling the antibacterial mode of action of a clay from the Colombian Amazon

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 363-379

  Londono, Sandra Carolina ^a   Williams, Lynda B ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial clay; Bacillus subtilis; Escherichia coli; Medical geology

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; MINERALOGY;

AMAZONIA; COLOMBIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLAY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COLOMBIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COLOMBIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84961195084     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: 15732983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-015-9723-y     Document Type: Article

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