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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2009

Antimicrobial activity of the iron-sulfur nitroso compound Roussin's black salt [Fe4S3(NO)7] on the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus.

Scott D Hamilton-Brehm, Gerrit J Schut, Michael W W Adams

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Antimicrobial seafood packaging: a review.Journal of food science and technology · 2016
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  2. Recent Advances in Multinuclear Metal Nitrosyl Complexes.Coordination chemistry reviews · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Scott D Hamilton-BrehmDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Davison Life Sciences Complex, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7229, USA.
Gerrit J Schut
Michael W W Adams
University of Georgia · US

Funding

RESPONSES TO OXYGEN TOXICITY BY ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMSR01GM060329 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (UGA) · PI ADAMS, MICHAEL W. · 2000 to 2008
$1.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM 60329NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM060329
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The iron-sulfur nitroso compound [Fe(4)S(3)(NO)(7)](-) is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent that has been used for more than 100 years to combat pathogenic anaerobes. Known as Roussin's black salt (RBS), it contains seven moles of nitric oxide, the release of which was always assumed to mediate its cytotoxicity. Using the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus, it is demonstrated through growth studies, membrane analyses, and scanning electron microscopy that nitric oxide does not play a role in RBS toxicity; rather, the mechanism involves membrane disruption leading to cell lysis. Moreover, insoluble elemental sulfur (S(0)), which is reduced by P. furiosus to hydrogen sulfide, prevents cell lysis by RBS. It is proposed that S(0) also directly interacts with the membranes of P. furiosus during its transfer into the cell, ultimately for reduction by a cytosolic NADPH sulfur reductase. RBS is proposed to be a new class of inorganic antimicrobial agent that also has potential use as an inert cell-lysing agent.

Indexed as

Cell MembraneDisinfectantsHydrogen SulfideIron CompoundsMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningNitroso CompoundsPyrococcus furiosusSulfurDisinfectantsHydrogen SulfideIron CompoundsNitroso CompoundsRoussin's Black SaltSulfur

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PMID19201977
PMCPMC2663211
OpenAlexW2148822943

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