Branched Poly(ethylene imine)s as Anti-algal and Anti-cyanobacterial Agents with Selective Flocculation Behavior to Cyanobacteria over Algae

Investor logo

Warning

This publication doesn't include Faculty of Education. It includes Faculty of Science. Official publication website can be found on muni.cz.
Authors

MIKULA Přemysl MLNAŘÍKOVÁ Marie TAKAHASHI Haruko BABICA Pavel KURODA Kenichi BLÁHA Luděk SOVADINOVÁ Iva

Year of publication 2018
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Macromolecular Bioscience
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mabi.201800187
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mabi.201800187
Keywords algae; antimicrobials; cyanobacteria; flocculants; poly(ethylene imine)s
Description Poly(ethylene imine)s (PEIs) have been widely studied for biomedical applications, including antimicrobial agents against potential human pathogens. The interactions of branched PEIs (B-PEIs) with environmentally relevant microorganisms whose uncontrolled growth in natural or engineered environments causes health, economic, and technical issues in many sectors of water management are studied. B-PEIs are shown to be potent antimicrobials effective in controlling the growth of environmentally relevant algae and cyanobacteria with dual-functionality and selectivity. Not only did they effectively inhibit growth of both algae and cyanobacteria, mostly without causing cell death (static activity), but they also selectively flocculated cyanobacteria over algae. Thus, unmodified B-PEIs provide a cost-effective and chemically facile framework for the further development of effective and selective antimicrobial agents useful for control of growth and separation of algae and cyanobacteria in natural or engineered environments.
Related projects:

You are running an old browser version. We recommend updating your browser to its latest version.