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Table 5.2
Selected chitosan derivatives and their associated antimicrobial
activity.
Polymer
Structure
Active against
Chitosan
Gram-negative bacteria
(e.g.
E. coli, P aeruginosa,
S typhimunium, P l uorescens
and Vibrio parahaemolyticus,
Gram-positive bacteria S.
aureus, S simulans, Listeria
monocytogens, Bacillus
megaterium, Lactobacillus
plantarum, Lactobacillus
bulgaricus and Bacillus
cereus, fungi (Ramularia
cercosporelloides, Aspergillus
niger, Aspergillus parasiticus,
Altemaria altenata, Botrytis
cinerea, Colletrotichum
gloeosporioides, Rhizopus
stolonifer, Sclerotinia
sclerotiorum, Rhizoctenia
Solana
) and has antiviral
activity against certain
viruses [132]
6-Deoxy-amino
chitosan
S. aureus, E. coli, P. aeruginosa,
A. niger
[134]
N-acetylcysteinyl
chitosan
E. coli, Staphylococcus epider-
midis, Streptococcus
pneumonia, Haemophilus
inl uenza, Moraxella
catarrhalis Staphylococcus
wamen, B. cereus,
Acinetobacter cloacae,
klebsiella pneumoniae.
[135, 136-139]
