Effect of Antimicrobial Air Filter Treatment on Bacterial Survival

• Autorzy: Miaśkiewicz-Peska E. , Łebkowska M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Woven air flters made of polypropylene were examined for bacterial survival. The test strains belonged to gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. An antimicrobial agent, silver nitrate (AgNO3), was added to the fltering material after the production cycle and tested for its ability to prevent microorganisms from flter colonisation. Silver emission from the fltering material was also tested. It was found out that antibacterial flter treatment resulted in an evident reduction in living bacterial cells. The presence of silver ions in the air surrounding the incubation column was established.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

polypropylene air flters; antimicrobial treatment; silver nitrate; bacterial survival; microbial colonisation

• Wydawca: Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz - Łódzki Instytut Technologiczny
• Czasopismo: Fibres & Textiles in Eastern Europe
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 19, no. 1 (84)
• Strony: 73--77
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 16 poz.,

Twórcy

autor

Miaśkiewicz-Peska E.

autor

Łebkowska M.

• Department of Biology, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. 20 Nowowiejska, 00-653 Warsaw, Poland

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