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Effects of Organic Ligands on the Antibacterial Activity of Reduced Iron-Containing Clay Minerals: Higher Extracellular Hydroxyl Radical Production Yet Lower Bactericidal Activity.

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Reduced iron-containing clay (RIC) minerals have been documented to exhibit antibacterial activity through a synergistic action of extracellular membrane attack and intracellular oxidation of cellular components. However, the relative importance… Click to show full abstract

Reduced iron-containing clay (RIC) minerals have been documented to exhibit antibacterial activity through a synergistic action of extracellular membrane attack and intracellular oxidation of cellular components. However, the relative importance between extracellular and intracellular processes has remained elusive. Here, metal-chelating organic ligands (lactate, oxalate, citrate, and ethylene diaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)) were amended to the bactericidal assays such that the importance of the two processes could be evaluated. Reduced nontronite (rNAu-2) was used as a model clay mineral to produce extracellular hydroxyl radical (•OH) upon oxygenation. The presence of Fe-chelating ligands increased •OH yield by 3-5 times. Consequently, bacterial cell membrane attack was enhanced, yet the antibacterial activity of RIC diminished. Additional experiments revealed that the ligands inhibited soluble metal ions from adsorption onto the bacterial cell membrane and/or penetration into the cytoplasm. Consequently, intracellular Fe concentration for the ligand-treated group was nearly 2 orders of magnitude lower than that for no-ligand control, which greatly decreased intracellular accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and increased cell survival. These results highlight that destruction of intracellular contents (proteins and DNA) is more important than oxidative degradation of membrane lipids and cell envelope proteins in causing bacterial cell death by RIC.

Keywords: antibacterial activity; reduced iron; activity; containing clay; iron containing

Journal Title: Environmental science & technology
Year Published: 2023

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