ID | 117798 |
Title Alternative | BACTERIAL ADAPTATION TO QAC
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Tabata, Atsushi
The University of Tokushima
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Maeda, Takuya
The University of Tokushima
Nagamune, Hideaki
The University of Tokushima
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Kourai, Hiroki
The University of Tokushima
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Keywords | Quaternary ammonium compound
Bis-QAC
Bacterial adaptation
Resistance to disinfectant
Cell surface hydrophobicity
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Journal Article
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Description | The adaptation of bacteria to mono-and bis-type quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) was carried out and studied. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of bis-QACs against the bacteria in contact with bis-QACs was nearly the same as that against the control. However, the MIC of mono-QAC against the strains adapted to mono-QAC was higher than that against the control. Moreover, bis-QACs were effective against even the strains adapted to mono-QAC. As the cell surface of the strains adapted to mono-QAC changed to hydrophilic, the difference in the bacterial adaptation was thought to arise from a potent property of bis-QACs whose antimicrobial characteristics are independent of the change in the cell surface hydrophobicity.
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Journal Title |
Biocontrol Science
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ISSN | 13424815
18840205
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NCID | AA11169621
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Publisher | The Society for Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents, Japan
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Volume | 8
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Issue | 1
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Start Page | 37
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End Page | 42
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Published Date | 2003-03-20
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eng
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departments |
Bioscience and Bioindustry
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