Actions of Surface Active Agents upon Microorganisms. Part II

Mechanism of action and neutralizing agents for surface-active materials upon microorganisms.

Surfactants - Surface Active Agents

The definition for a detergent is a cleaning agent. The main cleaning agent used in earlier days was soap. This term means a compound formed from the reaction of a fatty acid with a base such as caustic soda, forming the sodium soap of the acid. The more commonly used cleaning agent in this day and age is the synthetic detergent (SYNDET) which is a formulation such as TIDE or FAB. The essential...

Silicone Surface-Active Agents

Investigating the Effects of Some Capping Agents upon Gold Nanocrystals Stability, Size and Surface Plasmon Resonance

Part II Ancient Microorganisms Bacteria Chapter 6 Palaeomicrobiology of Tuberculosis

The study of tuberculosis palaeomicrobiology has proved to be most rewarding. Due to the characteristic palaeopathological lesions, tuberculosis was recognised in archaeological material and was the first infectious disease to be studied by modern biomolecular methods. The combination of a tough bacterial cell wall and GC-rich DNA has resulted in excellent DNA preservation in some specimens. A ...