Photosensitization of Staphylococcus aureus with malachite green isothiocyanate: inactivation efficiency and spectroscopic analysis.
Authors:Golding PS, King TA, Maddocks L, Drucker DB, Blinkhorn AS
Journal:J Photochem Photobiol B
PubMed ID:10093920
'The potential of malachite green isothiocyanate as a photosensitizer for the inactivation of bacteria has been evaluated. Samples of Staphylococcus aureus are treated with the dye and exposed to continuous-wave red light from a filtered xenon lamp. Reduction in cell viability is seen to increase with radiation dose, whilst non-photosensitized ... More