Schematic illustration of surfactant molecules (IMAGE)

Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Schematic illustration of surfactant molecules

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Schematic illustration of surfactant molecules interacting with the bacterial peptidoglycan cell wall. The greater the tendency for surfactants to form aggregates, the lower is bacterial kill efficacy.

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Pradyumn Sharma

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