Disinfection Efficiency of Silver Disinfectants for Biofilm

은 화합물을 이용한 생물막 제어

  • Kim, Jae-Eun (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Jee-Yeon (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Yoon, Je-Yong (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University)
  • 김재은 (서울대학교 화학생물공학부) ;
  • 김지연 (서울대학교 화학생물공학부) ;
  • 윤제용 (서울대학교 화학생물공학부)
  • Published : 2006.01.31

Abstract

The industrial systems contain many sites and components susceptible to biofilms formation. Biofilms play an important role in microbial growth and industrial fouling. Thus, the control of the biofilms in industrial systems has been emphasized, however, the efficient controlling method was not provided yet. Since silver compounds have no residual and corrosion problem, the interest for silver compounds as a biofilm control disinfectant has been increased. In this study, we attempted to examine the disinfection ability of silver compounds. The disinfection efficiency of two silver compounds(silver ion and silver oxide) were evaluated for biofilms in comparison with suspended cells using well known indicator microorganisms(E. coli, P. aeruginosa) and compared with that of chlorine. Silver compounds were found to be effective in inactivating E. coli and P. aeruginosa biofilms. The reason for superiority of silver compounds as biofilm disinfectant was suggested by that silver can penetrate into the inner biofilm matrix faster than chlorine without consumption. This study reports that the disinfectant which is highly effective in inactivating the suspended cells in water becomes the less effective for controlling biofilm because of its high reactivity. This results imply that the effective strategy for biofilm control can be achieved by considering thoroughly the chemical nature of disinfects and biofilm structure and the reactivity between them.

대부분의 산업 시설에서는 biofouling과 부식 등의 문제가 발생하는데, 이러한 현상의 주된 원인은 생물막의 형성이라고 알려져 있다. 특히 경제적인 문제뿐 아니라 수도 관망과 의료시설 등에서 형성된 생물막은 건강상의 문제점을 초래할 수 있다. 이제까지 생물막 형성을 제어하기 위해 많은 연구들이 이루어져 왔지만, 현재까지 효과적인 방안이 정립되지 못하였다. 본 연구에서는 비산화성 소독제인 은 화합물을 효과적인 생물막 소독제로 제시하고자 한다. 은은 반응성이 약해서 물 속의 병원성 미생물을 소독하는데 크게 효과적이지 못하지만, 다른 소독제와 달리 인체에 무해하고, 소독 부산물을 생성시키지 않으며, 안정성이 뛰어나 잔류 효과가 크다는 점에서 2차 소독제로써 가능성을 인정받고 있다. 은 이온과 산화 은을 이용하여 생물막과 수중 미생물에 대한 소독능을 평가한 결과, 은의 약한 반응성이 생물막 소득에는 오히려 장점으로 작용하는 것으로 나타났다. 지표 미생물(E. coli, P. aeruginosa)의 생물막에 대해서 염소에 비해 은이 비슷하거나 오히려 뛰어난 소독능을 보였다. 이는 염소에 비해 반응성이 약한 은이 생물막 외부에서 소모되지 않고 생물막 내부로 잘 침투되었기 때문으로 보인다.

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