Effect of heavy metals on bacterial adherence
- 30 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 13 (2) , 351-354
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-13-2-351
Abstract
A preliminary examination was made of the effects of salts of heavy metals on bacterial adherence. 3H-thymidine labeled strains of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from sputa were incubated with human buccal cells and metallic salts. Zn or Fe salts (10-4 M) significantly increased adherence of Enterobacteriaceae to human buccal cells in an in vitro system. These effects were not altered by variation of the buffer system used, and seem dependent on interactions between metals and bacteria that occur within about 5 min.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- ADHERENCE OF ENTEROBACTERIACEAE TO HUMAN BUCCAL CELLSJournal of Medical Microbiology, 1979
- HUMAN ORAL DEFENSES AGAINST GRAM-NEGATIVE RODSPublished by Elsevier ,1976