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The Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol 13, Issue 2 351-354, Copyright © 1980 by Society for General Microbiology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Effect of heavy metals on bacterial adherence

B. Sugarman

A preliminary examination has been made of the effects of salts of heavy metals on bacterial adherence. 3H-thymidine labelled strains of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from sputa were incubated with human buccal cells and metallic salts. 10(-4)M zinc or iron salts significantly increased adherence of Enterobacteriaceae to human bucal cells in an in-vitro system. These effects were not altered by variation of the buffer system used, and seem dependent upon interactions between metals and bacteria that occur within about 5 minutes.


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