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Mechanism Group
Copper is an essential nutrient for humans as well as bacteria,
but in high doses, copper ions can cause a series of negative
events in bacterial cells.
The exact mechanism by which copper kills bacteria is still
unknown but several theories exist and are being studied by a group
of international experts, see below.
| Ruth Danzeisen |
International Copper Association (ICA), New York,
USA |
| Gregor Grass |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA |
| Henrik Hasman |
Danish Institute of Food and Veterinary Research,
Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Anton Klassert |
Deutsches Kupferinstitut (DKI), Dusseldorf,
Germany |
| Harold Michels |
Copper
Development Association, New York, USA |
| Dietrich Nies |
University of Halle, Halle, Germany |
| Klaus Ockenfeld |
Deutsches Kupferinstitut (DKI), Dusseldorf,
Germany |
| Chris Rensing |
University of
Arizona, Tucson, USA |
| Ilse Schoeters |
European
Copper Institute, Brussels, Belgium |
| Marc Solioz |
University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland |
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