Surfactants as Antimicrobials: A Brief Overview of Microbial Interfacial Chemistry and Surfactant Antimicrobial Activity

In this brief overview of a large and complex subject, as presented at the 2018 Surfactants in Solution conference, the need for, and impact of, hard surface antimicrobial products is demonstrated. The composition of the interfaces of three common classes of pathological microbes, bacteria, viruses,...

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Published inJournal of surfactants and detergents Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 1119 - 1127
Main Author Falk, Nancy A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2019
Subjects
Anionic surfactants
Cationic surfactants
Microbiology
Nonionic surfactants
Review
Switchable surfactants
Nonionic surfactants
Anionic surfactants
Switchable surfactants
Microbiology
Cationic surfactants
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ISSN1097-3958
1558-9293
DOI10.1002/jsde.12293

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Summary:In this brief overview of a large and complex subject, as presented at the 2018 Surfactants in Solution conference, the need for, and impact of, hard surface antimicrobial products is demonstrated. The composition of the interfaces of three common classes of pathological microbes, bacteria, viruses, and fungi, is discussed so that surfactant and cleaning product development scientists better understand their interfacial characteristics. Studies of antimicrobial efficacy from the four major classes of surfactants (cationic, anionic, amphoteric, and nonionic) are shown. The need for preservatives in surfactants is elucidated. The regulatory aspects of antimicrobials in cleaning products to make antimicrobial claims are stressed.
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ISSN:1097-3958
1558-9293
DOI:10.1002/jsde.12293