ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Copper Kills
Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
- TheGenes · 2026Article
- The CueR-regulated transporters CopA and CusFABC coordinate copper detoxification inVirulence · 2025Article
- Characterization of the Antibiotic and Copper Resistance of Emergent Species of Onion-PathogenicPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Microbial green synthesis of luminescent terbium sulfide nanoparticles using E. Coli: a rare earth element detoxification mechanism.Microbial cell factories · 2024Article
- Agricultural Mitigation Strategies to Reduce the Impact of Romaine Lettuce Contamination.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Post-Transcriptional Regulatory Protein CsrA Amplifies Its Targetome through Direct Interactions with Stress-Response Regulatory Hubs: The EvgA and AcnA Cases.Microorganisms · 2024Article
- Antibiotic heteroresistance and persistence: an additional aid in hospital acquired infections byFuture microbiology · 2024Review
- Experimental Evolution of Copper Resistance inAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Magnesium Hydroxide Nanoparticles Kill Exponentially Growing and PersisterNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Persister Cells Form in the Plant PathogenMicroorganisms · 2021Article
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Abstract
Due to their reduced metabolism, persister cells can survive most antimicrobial treatments, which usually rely on corrupting active biochemical pathways. Therefore, molecules that kill bacterial persisters should function in a metabolism-independent manner. Some anti-persister compounds have been found previously, such as the DNA-crosslinkers mitomycin C and cisplatin, but more effective and lower cost alternatives are needed. Copper alloys have been used since ancient times due to their antimicrobial properties, and they are still used in agriculture to control plant bacterial diseases. By stopping transcription with rifampicin and by treating with ampicillin to remove non-persister cells, we created a population that consists solely of
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