Quantitative Evaluation of Nucleic Acid Degradability of Copper Alloy Surfaces and Its Correlation to Antibacterial Activity

Copper (Cu) and its alloys have bactericidal activity known as “contact killing” with degradation of nucleic acids inside the bacteria, which is beneficial to inhibit horizontal gene transfer (HGF). In order to understand the nucleic acid degradability of Cu and its alloy surfaces, we developed a ne...

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Main Authors: Akiko Yamamoto, Shinji Tanaka, Keiichiro Ohishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Antibiotics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/12/1439