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Physicochemical aspects of the antiseptic action of nanohydroxyapatite

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The mechanism of interaction of nanocrystals of hydroxyapatite with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria has been investigated. It was shown that the growth of bacteria and their colonies both in the presence and absence of hydroxyapatite nanocrystals can be described using the Fokker-Planck equation. It was found that hydroxyapatite nanocrystals adhere in a particular orientation on the surface of bacteria, decreasing substantially their colony-forming ability.

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    A. V. Severin, S. E. Mazina & I. V. Melikhov

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Severin, S.E. Mazina, I.V. Melikhov, 2009, published in Biofizika, 2009, Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 1045–1050.

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Severin, A.V., Mazina, S.E. & Melikhov, I.V. Physicochemical aspects of the antiseptic action of nanohydroxyapatite. BIOPHYSICS 54, 701–705 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350909060086

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