What is Ag+ silver ion?
Silver is a well-documented antimicrobial, that has been shown to kill bacteria, fungi and certain viruses.
It is the positively charged silver ions (Ag+) that possess the antimicrobial effect. Silver ions target microorganisms through several different modes of action.
Can you be allegic to silver?
Many people who believe that they are allergic to gold or silver jewellery are allergic to nickel, which can occur as a trace element in gold or silver or has been used in the manufacture of gold jewellery to whiten and strengthen the piece. In less expensive jewellery, nickel is often used in the base metal which is then plated with gold or silver.
Effects of Ag+ silver ion on bacteria
1
Silver ions (Ag+) bind to the bacterial cell wall
blocking transport of substances in and out of the cell.
2
Silver ions are transported into the bacterial cell where they
block the respiratory system destroying energy producton.
3
In the bacterial cell silver ions interact with DNA and inhibit
bacterial cell division stopping replication.
Ag+ silver ion effectively eliminate bacteria
Ag+ silver ion is proved effective against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
This is the actual testing result with 0.2% Ag+ silver ion added into ABS material, testing under ISO22196 standarnd.
common Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria list
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Gram-Positive Bacteria
Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC7966
Agrobacterium tumefaciems A208
Azospirillum brasilense Sp7
Bordetella avium 197N
Brevundimonas diminuta LMG 2088
Burkholderia cepacia LMG 1222
Burkholderia gladioli LMG 2216
Burkholderia vietnamensis LMG 10927
Chromobacterium violaceum CV026
Citrobacter freundii ATCC 8090
Enterobacter aerogenes ATCC 13048
Erwinia amylovora CFBP1430
Erwinia carotovora LMG2458
Proteus vulgaris LMM2011
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14
Pseudomonas entomophila L48
Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1
Pseudomonas putida KT2440
P.syringae pv. tabaci LMG 5192
Rhizobium etli CNPAF512
Salmonella enteritidis ATCC13076
Serratia entomophila DSM12358
Shigella flexneri LMG10472
Sphingomonas wittichii RW1
Variovorax paradoxus LMG 1797
Vibrio harveyi BB120
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis LMG784
Xanthomonas alfalfae pv. alfalfae LMG497
Yersinia enterocolitica LMG7899
Bacillus megaterium ATCC13
Bacillus subtilis LMG 713
Brevibacterium linens ATCC
Corynebacterium glutamicum DS
Lactobacillus plantarum LMG
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG LMG
Mycobacterium smegmatis DSM
Rhodococcus erythropolis
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC
Streptomyces lividans TK2
