Effect of rare earth cations on bactericidal activity of anionic surfactants
| Autor: | R. E. Zimmerer, R. W. Berg |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
| Předmět: |
biology
Chemistry Rare earth Inorganic chemistry chemistry.chemical_element Bioengineering medicine.disease_cause biology.organism_classification Antimicrobial Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Metal Pulmonary surfactant visual_art medicine visual_art.visual_art_medium Lanthanum Surface charge Escherichia coli Bacteria Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Industrial Microbiology. 1:377-381 |
| ISSN: | 1476-5535 0169-4146 |
| Popis: | Rare earth metal cations are antibacterially synergistic with anionic surfactants, yielding mixtures that have bactericidal activity against a variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria at minimum concentrations ranging from 16 to 125 μg/ml. Uptake of surfactant byEscherichia coli increases in the presence of lanthanum, suggesting that the role of rare earth metal cations is to reduce the net negative surface charge on the bacteria, thereby increasing the affinity between the negatively charged surfactant and the bacterial surface. |
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