Antimicrobial properties of silver cations substituted to faujasite mineral / Roman J. Jędrzejczyk, Katarzyna Turnau, Przemysław J. Jodłowski, Damian K. Chlebda, Tomasz Łojewski, Joanna Łojewska // ... więcej

Antimicrobial properties of silver cations substituted to faujasite mineral / Roman J. Jędrzejczyk, Katarzyna Turnau, Przemysław J. Jodłowski, Damian K. Chlebda, Tomasz Łojewski, Joanna Łojewska // W: Antibacterial activity of nanomaterials : [printed edition of the special issue published in Nanomaterials] [Dokument elektroniczny] / ed. by Ana María Díez-Pascual. – Basel [etc.] : MDPI, 2018. – (Nanomaterials, ISSN 2079-4991). – S. 31-41 : rys., tab., wykr. – Tryb dostępu: http://www.mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/706. – Bibliogr. 51 poz., Abstr. – Przedruk art. z Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 240. – doi: 10.3390/books978-3-03897-050-7. – ISBN 978-3-03897-050-7 (PDF). – ISBN 978-3-03897-049-1 (Pbk)

A goal of our study was to find an alternative to nano-silver-based antimicrobial materials which would contain active silver immobilized in a solid matrix that prevents its migration into the surrounding ... więcej

A goal of our study was to find an alternative to nano-silver-based antimicrobial materials which would contain active silver immobilized in a solid matrix that prevents its migration into the surrounding environment. In this study, we investigated whether silver cations dispersed in anatomic form and trapped in an ion-exchanged zeolite show comparable antimicrobial activity to silver nanoparticles (NPs). The biocidal active material was prepared from the sodium form of faujasite type zeolite in two steps: (1) exchange with silver cations, (2) removal of the external silver oxide NPs by elution with Na2EDTA solution. The modified biocidal zeolite was then added to paper pulp to obtain sheets. The zeolite paper samples and reference samples containing silver NPs were tested in terms of biocidal activity against an array of fungi and bacteria strains, including Escherichia coli, Serratia marcescens, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus megaterium, Trichoderma viride, Chaetomium globosum, Aspergillus niger, Cladosporium cladosporioides, and Mortierella alpina. The paper with the modified faujasite additive showed higher or similar antibacterial and antifungal activities towards the majority of tested microbes in comparison with the silver NP-filled paper. A reverse effect was observed for the Mortierella alpina strain.