Impact of High-speed Nanodroplets on Various Pathogenic Bacterial Cell Walls

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2024 Oct 9

PMID 39382272

Authors

Yurina Tamura

Masato Kawamura

Takehiko Sato

Tomoki Nakajima

Siwei Liu

Takumi Sato

Shigeru Fujimura

Affiliations

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Abstract

Importance: Although existing disinfection techniques demonstrate bactericidal effects through chemical reactions, concerns regarding human toxicity and environmental contamination have been raised. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first in the world to reveal that the use of this technology, with nanodroplets of less than 100 nm, can destroy and sterilize bacterial cells by colliding with biofilm-forming bacteria at 75 MPa. Furthermore, because this technology uses only water, it can solve the problems of human toxicity and environmental contamination caused by existing disinfection techniques. Because of its minimal water usage, it can be employed for sanitation worldwide without being limited to specific regions. Our report proposes an unprecedented physical disinfection approach that utilizes a high-speed nanodroplet generation technology.

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