Copper reduction and contact killing of bacteria by iron surfaces

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Title: Copper reduction and contact killing of bacteria by iron surfaces
Creator: Mathews, Salima
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Kumar, Ranjeet
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Solioz, Marc
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01725-15
Description: The well-established killing of bacteria by copper surfaces, also called contact killing, is currently believed to be a combined effect of bacterial contact with the copper surface and the dissolution of copper, resulting in lethal bacterial damage. Iron can similarly be released in ionic form from iron surfaces and would thus be expected to also exhibit contact killing, though essentially no contact killing is observed by iron surfaces. However, we here show that exposure of bacteria to iron surfaces in the presence of copper ions results in efficient contact killing. The process involves reduction of Cu2+ to Cu+ by iron; Cu+ has been shown to be considerably more toxic to cells than Cu2+. The specific Cu+ chelator, bicinchoninic acid, suppresses contact killing by chelating the Cu+ ions. These findings underline the importance of Cu+ ions in the contact killing process and infer that iron-based alloys containing copper could provide novel antimicrobial materials.