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Antimicrobial effect of oxidized cellulose salts

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Antimicrobial properties of oxidized cellulose and its salts in linters (-L) and microsphere (-M) form (OKCEL® H-L, OKCEL® Zn-M, OKCEL® ZnNa-L, OKCEL® ZnNa-M and OKCEL® Ag-L) were tested by a dilution method against a spectrum of microbial strains: Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacillus licheniformis, Aspergillus niger, Penicillium chrysogenum, Rhizopus oryzae, Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis. OKCEL® Ag-L exhibited antimicrobial activity in the range 0.1–3.5% w/v against all the bacteria and fungi involved in this study. Strong inhibition by OKCEL® ZnNa-M was observed for Staphylococcus epidermidis, Bacillus licheniformis, Rhizopus oryzae, Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis in the range 0.5–2.0% w/v. Antimicrobial effects of oxidized cellulose and its salts in textile form were investigated by a diffusion and dilution method against the spectrum of above-cited microbial strains extended by Clostridium perfringens. Generally, OKCEL® Ag-T, OKCEL® Zn-T and OKCEL® H-T showed high antimicrobial activity against populations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus licheniformis and Staphylococcus epidermidis. OKCEL® Zn-T was the only sample suppressing the growth of species.

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The work was supported by Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic (project no. FT-TA2/011) and by Czech Science Foundation (project no. 203/08/1536).

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  1. Department of Biological and Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Strossova 239, 53003, Pardubice, Czech Republic

    Jarmila Vytrasova, Andrea Tylsova, Iveta Brozkova & Marcela Pejchalova

  2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, nam. Cs. Legii 565, 53210, Pardubice, Czech Republic

    Libor Cervenka

  3. VUOS, a. s., Rybitvi 296, 53218, Pardubice, Czech Republic

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Vytrasova, J., Tylsova, A., Brozkova, I. et al. Antimicrobial effect of oxidized cellulose salts. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 35, 1247–1252 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10295-008-0421-y

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