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The application of Ag+ Ions to viruses, fungi, bacteria or any other single-celled pathogen disables its oxygen metabolism enzyme. Pathogens suffocate and die within a range of 30 seconds to 10 minutes. Unlike pharmaceutical antibiotics which destroy beneficial enzymes, Ag+ Ions leave the tissue-cell enzymes intact, as they are radically different from the enzymes of primitive single-celled life. In addition, since almost all pathogens are negatively charged, they are specifically targeted by the positively charged Ag+ Ions, accelerating the rate of interaction. For these reasons Ionic Ag+ though a powerful microbicide, is safe for humans, animals and plants. 

Bacteria, fungi and viruses that Ag+ Ions have been successfully tested against: Aureobasidium pullulans, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis, Chaetomium globosum, Enterobacter aerogenes, Escherichia coli, Gliocladium virens, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Legionella pneumophila, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Salmonella gallinarum, Salmonella typhimurium, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus agalactiae, Staphylococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus mutans, Vibrio parahemolyticus, Stachybotrys, Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans, Penicillium funiculosum, Trycophyton mentagrophytes.  Viruses:  Herpes Simplex Type 1 VR-733 F(1) Strain, Rotavirus, Human Coronavirus, Norovirus (Feline Calicivirus), Avian Influenza A, Rhinovirus (R37 VR-1147, Strain 151-1).

Ionic Ag+ is widely used in industry and commerce: In most of the world's Hospital Burn Units, in Contact Lens solution, water purification systems and Agriculture. Recently the Resene paint company of New Zealand released a wall coating containing Ag+ Ions for use in hospitals and domestic sanitary areas to inhibit the growth of viruses, bacteria and fungi.