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valina [46]
3 years ago
11

Recently, silver has been considered in new applications for microbial control, such as impregnating surgical dressings and infu

sing food containers with silver. These new applications are important because silver is __________.
Biology
1 answer:
Rom4ik [11]3 years ago
5 0

Answer: Oligodynamic and unaffected by antimicrobial resistance

Explanation:

Silver is one of the most affected effective antimicrobial which is so effective that the microbes die when being exposed to the silver.

It is used in case of wound dressing, and it is used to coat medical devices . It is used as an external application such as on the skin and while dressing.

The oligodynamic action of the metal is to block the free carbonyl and sufhydryl group present in the organism.

Even in the small concentration it can be used to kill the microbes.

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