Method for Evaluating the Antimicrobial Effect of Fibrous Materials in Screening Studies
The article presents theoretical and experimental data on the possibility of rapid determination of the antimicrobial action of fibrous materials during the preparation of new modifications in order to improve and maintain optimal properties. In this paper, a new nephelometric method was used to determine the reaction of a population of microorganisms after their direct contact with the samples of various fibrous materials under study. Different test cultures of microorganisms were used: Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and fungi of the genus Candida (C. albicans). The results obtained were evaluated for reproducibility, which showed the possibility of using the developed technique for screening studies to determine antimicrobial effects without the large labor costs that accompany such microbiological studies.