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Pleiotropic molecular basis of antimicrobial effects of silver. Silver targets different macromolecules in bacteria. Here are depicted modifications observed in silver-treated bacteria such as DNA condensation, membrane alteration and protein damages. In this latter case, several situations were reported wherein silver ions interacted with thiol group, destabilised Fe-S clusters or substituted to metals in metalloproteins.
