Antimicrobial activity of metals: mechanisms, molecular targets and applications

Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics

(2013) Lucas R. Hoffman et al.   CHEST

Gold biomineralization by a metallophore from a gold-associated microbe

(2013) Chad W Johnston et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Silver(I), Mercury(II), Cadmium(II), and Zinc(II) Target Exposed Enzymic Iron-Sulfur Clusters when They Toxify Escherichia coli

(2012) Fang Fang Xu et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Membrane Lipid Peroxidation in Copper Alloy-Mediated Contact Killing of Escherichia coli

(2012) Robert Hong et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Remarkable in vitro bactericidal activity of bismuth(iii) sulfonates against Helicobacter pylori

(2012) Philip C. Andrews et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Iron-reducing bacteria accumulate ferric oxyhydroxide nanoparticle aggregates that may support planktonic growth

(2012) Birgit Luef et al.   ISME Journal

Use of hydrogen peroxide as a biocide: new consideration of its mechanisms of biocidal action

(2012) E. Linley et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Mononuclear Iron Enzymes Are Primary Targets of Hydrogen Peroxide Stress

(2012) Adil Anjem et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Negligible Particle-Specific Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles

(2012) Zong-ming Xiu et al.   NANO LETTERS

The molecular basis of phosphate discrimination in arsenate-rich environments

(2012) Mikael Elias et al.   NATURE

The siderophore yersiniabactin binds copper to protect pathogens during infection

(2012) Kaveri S Chaturvedi et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Biologically relevant mechanism for catalytic superoxide removal by simple manganese compounds

(2012) K. Barnese et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Understanding the Antibacterial Mechanism of CuO Nanoparticles: Revealing the Route of Induced Oxidative Stress

(2012) Guy Applerot et al.   Small

Horizontal Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance Genes on Abiotic Touch Surfaces: Implications for Public Health

(2012) S. L. Warnes et al.   mBio

Antibacterial activities of gold and silver nanoparticles against Escherichia coli and bacillus Calmette-Guérin

(2012) Yan Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY

Tellurite entersEscherichia colimainly through the PitA phosphate transporter

(2012) Alex O. Elías et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Cytotoxic Origin of Copper(II) Oxide Nanoparticles: Comparative Studies with Micron-Sized Particles, Leachate, and Metal Salts

(2011) Cindy Gunawan et al.   ACS Nano

Mechanism of Copper Surface Toxicity in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci following Wet or Dry Surface Contact

(2011) S. L. Warnes et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Role of reactive oxygen species in the antibacterial mechanism of silver nanoparticles on Escherichia coli O157:H7

(2011) Hengyi Xu et al.   BIOMETALS

The PvdRT-OpmQ efflux pump controls the metal selectivity of the iron uptake pathway mediated by the siderophore pyoverdine in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2011) Mélissa Hannauer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

New roles for bacterial siderophores in metal transport and tolerance

(2011) Isabelle J. Schalk et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Mechanism of copper surface toxicity in Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella involves immediate membrane depolarization followed by slower rate of DNA destruction which differs from that observed for Gram-positive bacteria

(2011) S. L. Warnes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Helicobacter pylori eradication with a capsule containing bismuth subcitrate potassium, metronidazole, and tetracycline given with omeprazole versus clarithromycin-based triple therapy: a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial

(2011) Peter Malfertheiner et al.   LANCET

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (class II) is the primary site of nickel toxicity in Escherichia coli

(2011) Lee Macomber et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial outer membrane channel for divalent metal ion acquisition

(2011) T. H. Hohle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Silver Coordination Polymers for Prevention of Implant Infection: Thiol Interaction, Impact on Respiratory Chain Enzymes, and Hydroxyl Radical Induction

(2010) O. Gordon et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Peroxide Stress Elicits Adaptive Changes in Bacterial Metal Ion Homeostasis

(2010) Melinda J. Faulkner et al.   ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING

Mechanisms of Contact-Mediated Killing of Yeast Cells on Dry Metallic Copper Surfaces

(2010) Davide Quaranta et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial Killing by Dry Metallic Copper Surfaces

(2010) Christophe Espírito Santo et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Metallic Copper as an Antimicrobial Surface

(2010) Gregor Grass et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Survival of bacteria on metallic copper surfaces in a hospital trial

(2010) André Mikolay et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Antibacterial Activity of Nanosilver Ions and Particles

(2010) Georgios A. Sotiriou et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Surface Charge-Dependent Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles

(2010) Amro M. El Badawy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Selective Electrodiffusion of Zinc Ions in a Zrt-, Irt-like Protein, ZIPB

(2010) Wei Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Critical assessment of OmpF channel selectivity: merging information from different experimental protocols

(2010) M L López et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Gallium Disrupts Iron Uptake by Intracellular and Extracellular Francisella Strains and Exhibits Therapeutic Efficacy in a Murine Pulmonary Infection Model

(2009) O. Olakanmi et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Acetate Permease (ActP) Is Responsible for Tellurite (TeO32-) Uptake and Resistance in Cells of the Facultative Phototroph Rhodobacter capsulatus

(2009) R. Borghese et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Antibacterial activity and mechanism of silver nanoparticles on Escherichia coli

(2009) Wen-Ru Li et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Application of Metal Coordination Chemistry To Explore and Manipulate Cell Biology

(2009) Kathryn L. Haas et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Coordination Chemistry of Bacterial Metal Transport and Sensing

(2009) Zhen Ma et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Association Between a Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tube and Reduced Mortality in Patients With Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

(2009) Bekele Afessa et al.   CHEST

New insights into the metal specificity of thePseudomonas aeruginosapyoverdine-iron uptake pathway

(2009) Armelle Braud et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Chromosomal antioxidant genes have metal ion-specific roles as determinants of bacterial metal tolerance

(2009) Joe J. Harrison et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pyochelin-Iron Uptake Pathway and Its Metal Specificity

(2009) A. Braud et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Genotoxicity Studies of Heavy Metals: Lead, Bismuth, Indium, Silver and Antimony

(2009) Keiko Asakura et al.   JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Metals, minerals and microbes: geomicrobiology and bioremediation

(2009) G. M. Gadd   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Tellurite-mediated disabling of [4Fe-4S] clusters of Escherichia coli dehydratases

(2009) I. L. Calderon et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Manganese import is a key element of the OxyR response to hydrogen peroxide inEscherichia coli

(2009) Adil Anjem et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Metalloproteins and metal sensing

(2009) Kevin J. Waldron et al.   NATURE

High methylation rates of mercury bound to cysteine by Geobacter sulfurreducens

(2009) Jeffra K. Schaefer et al.   Nature Geoscience

The iron-sulfur clusters of dehydratases are primary intracellular targets of copper toxicity

(2009) L. Macomber et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

History of the Medical Use of Silver

(2009) J. Wesley Alexander   Surgical Infections

Silver nanoparticles: Green synthesis and their antimicrobial activities

(2008) Virender K. Sharma et al.   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Copper and Quaternary Ammonium Cations Exert Synergistic Bactericidal and Antibiofilm Activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2008) J. J. Harrison et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Antibacterial Activity and Mechanism of Action of the Silver Ion in Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli

(2008) W. K. Jung et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Leaching mechanisms of oxyanionic metalloid and metal species in alkaline solid wastes: A review

(2008) Geert Cornelis et al.   APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY

Silver nanoparticles as a new generation of antimicrobials

(2008) Mahendra Rai et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Involvement of siderophores in the reduction of metal-induced inhibition of auxin synthesis in Streptomyces spp.

(2008) Christian O. Dimkpa et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tubes and Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

(2008) Marin H. Kollef   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Sequence and Analysis of a Plasmid-Encoded Mercury Resistance Operon from Mycobacterium marinum Identifies MerH, a New Mercuric Ion Transporter

(2008) M. Schue et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Cadmium Toxicity in Glutathione Mutants of Escherichia coli

(2008) K. Helbig et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Glutathione and Transition-Metal Homeostasis in Escherichia coli

(2008) K. Helbig et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Uptake of molybdenum and vanadium by a nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium using siderophores

(2008) J. P. Bellenger et al.   Nature Geoscience

Membrane lipid homeostasis in bacteria

(2008) Yong-Mei Zhang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

How do bacterial cells ensure that metalloproteins get the correct metal?

(2008) Kevin J. Waldron et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The potential of desferrioxamine-gallium as an anti-Pseudomonas therapeutic agent

(2008) E. Banin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chromate Causes Sulfur Starvation in Yeast

(2008) Yannick Pereira et al.   TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Silver-ion-mediated reactive oxygen species generation affecting bactericidal activity

(2008) Hee-Jin Park et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Global Transcriptome and Deletome Profiles of Yeast Exposed to Transition Metals

(2008) Yong Hwan Jin et al.   PLoS Genetics

Strain specificity in antimicrobial activity of silver and copper nanoparticles

(2007) Jayesh P. Ruparelia et al.   Acta Biomaterialia