The Effectiveness of Benzalkonium Chloride as an Active Compound on Selected Foodborne Pathogens Biofilm [PDF]
Hygiene, 2022 Benzalkonium chloride (BAC) is a chlorine-based chemical compound with proven antimicrobial properties against bacteria, viruses, and fungi, depending on the length of the alkyl chain. It can be used as a biocide, as a cationic surfactant, and as a phase transfer agent.
Bruno Kovač +3 more
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Resistance of Pseudomonas to Quaternary Ammonium Compounds. I. Growth in Benzalkonium Chloride Solution [PDF]
Applied Microbiology, 1969 Resistant cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a waterborne Pseudomonas sp. (strain Z-R) were able to multiply in nitrogen-free minimal salts solution containing various concentrations of commercially prepared, ammonium acetate-buffered benzalkonium chloride (CBC), a potent antimicrobial agent.
Frank W. Adair, Sam G. Geftic, J Gelzer
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Metabolization of Benzalkonium Compounds by Microbial Biofilms
, 2023 Kai Bester +3 more
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Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 Benzalkonium chlorides (BACs) are quaternary ammonium compounds (QUATs) that are used as biocides. The degradation of these compounds in wastewater treatment plants is essential to reduce their spread into the environment and thus prevent the development of QUAT-resistant genes.
Yrsa Larsson +3 more
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Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 2022 Commonly used disinfectants based on quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) can emit a variety of VOCs during application with some of the VOCs derived from the QACs and their synthetic process.
Leif G. Jahn +7 more
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Listeria monocytogenes Strains Selected on Ciprofloxacin or the Disinfectant Benzalkonium Chloride Exhibit Reduced Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin, Gentamicin, Benzalkonium Chloride, and Other Toxic Compounds [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2011 ABSTRACT Listeria monocytogenes is a leading agent for severe food-borne illness and death in the United States and other nations. Even though drug resistance has not yet threatened therapeutic interventions for listeriosis, selective pressure associated with exposure to antibiotics and disinfectants may result in ...
Mira Rakic-Martinez +4 more
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Cavitating BOOP Associated with Myeloperoxidase Deficiency in a Floor Cleaner with an Incidental Heavy Exposure to Benzalkonium Compounds [PDF]
Journal of Occupational Health, 2003 Fabio Di Stefano +4 more
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Kaolinite Sorption Isotherms of Benzalkonium and Dialkyldimethylammonium Compounds under Dilute Conditions Investigated by Direct and Passive Sampling Methods [PDF]
Environmental Science: Processes & ImpactsKaolinite sorption isotherms of cationic surfactants were nonlinear even at low surfactant concentrations (<0.2% of CEC), indicating high sorption site heterogeneity.
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Journal of Chromatography B, 2022 Benzalkyldimethylammonium (or benzalkonium; BACs), alkyltrimethylammonium (ATMACs), and dialkyldimethylammonium compounds (DDACs) have been widely used for over six decades as disinfectants, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we describe methods for the determination of 7 BACs, 6 ATMACs, 6 DDACs, 8 BAC metabolites, and the structurally ...
Zhongmin Li +2 more
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