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Anti‐mycobacterial activity of biocides
Author(s) -
Broadley S.J.,
Jenkins P.A.,
Furr J.R.,
Russell A.D.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1991.tb00586.x
Subject(s) - biocide , microbiology and biotechnology , mycobacterium phlei , bacteria , glutaraldehyde , mycobacterium , mycobacterium tuberculosis , ammonium , chemistry , minimum inhibitory concentration , strain (injury) , chlorhexidine , biology , antimicrobial , tuberculosis , medicine , chromatography , organic chemistry , genetics , pathology , anatomy , dentistry
The effects of different biocides on the growth and viability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacteria were studied. Mycobacterium phlei was the most sensitive of the test strains with a strain of the M. avium intracellulare (MAI) complex the most resistant. Chlorhexidine diacetate, quaternary ammonium compounds, a phenolic and esters of para (4)‐hydroxybenzoic acid were inhibitory but not lethal to MAI, whereas 2% glutaraldehyde was bactericidal against all strains.