Cellulose acetate containing toluidine blue and rose Bengal is an effective microbial coating when exposed to white light
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Simple methods of reducing the microbial load on surfaces in hospitals are needed to reduce the risk of hospital-associated infections. The ability of a cellulose acetate coating containing the photosensitizers toluidine blue and rose Bengal to kill microbes (Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Clostridium difficile, a bacteriophage, and Candida albicans) on its surface when illuminated to white light is presented.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2006
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Posttranslational protein modification in Archaea
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Archaeal systems are examined in order to study the natural pathways and to underscore the similarities between archaeal, eucaryal, and bacterial biology. Archaea has proven to be a valuable resource in the search for new information on posttransitional protein modification.
Publication Name: Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1092-2172
Year: 2005
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