Antibacterial Mechanisms of Reduced Iron-Containing Smectite-Illite Clay Minerals.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2021 at "Environmental science & technology"
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c04367
Abstract: Reduced nontronite has been demonstrated to be antibacterial through the production of hydroxyl radical (•OH) from the oxidation of structural Fe(II). Herein, we investigated the antibacterial activity of more common smectite-illite (S-I) clays toward Escherichia… read more here.
Keywords: antibacterial activity; smectite illite; antibacterial mechanisms; clay minerals ... See more keywords