A mechanistic study of the antibacterial effect of silver ions onEscherichia coli andStaphylococcus aureus

Feng, Qingling; Wu, Jing; Chen, Gaoqiang; Cui, F.Z.; Kim, Tae-Geon; O. Kim, J.

doi:10.1002/1097-4636(20001215)52:4<662::AID-JBM10>3.0.CO;2-3

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A mechanistic study of the antibacterial effect of silver ions onEscherichia coli andStaphylococcus aureus

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Authors:

Qingling Feng

Jing Wu

Gaoqiang Chen

Abstract

To investigate the mechanism of inhibition of silver ions on microorganisms, two strains of bacteria, namely Gram-negative Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), were treated with AgNO(3) and studied using combined electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis....

Subject

Staphylococcus aureus

Escherichia coli

Cytoplasm

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