Fedorov Iu.I., Volodina L.A., Kuzovnikova T.A., Lebedev V.S.
[Mechanism of the effect of a highly disperse copper powder on energy processes in E. coli B]
Izv Akad Nauk SSSR Biol. 1984 Jan-Feb;(1):153-6.

The role of contact interactions between E.coli B. and the metal particles, as well as the processes of electrochemical dissolution in the inhibition of the protons ejection from bacteria under their energy supplement with glucose by the finely dispersed copper powder was studied. It is shown, that the copper powder toxicity is primarily connected with its capacity to be dissolved in the medium of incubation. The ions ejected into medium under metal dissolution are only of the factors of the inhibitory influence of copper powder on the energy exchange of bacteria. The processes, promoting the maximal effectiveness of inhibition of energy exchange in microorganisms by the metal powder, are, likely, localized near the surface of metal particles.
 

 

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