Enhancement of antibacterial activity of β-lactam antibiotics by [P2W18O62]6−, [SiMo12O40]4−, and [PTi2W10O40]7− against methicillin-resistant and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Chitosan-Polyoxometalate Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Characterization and Application as Antimicrobial Agents

“…Several different classes of POMs have been reported as efficient antimicrobial agents in a number of different formulations: polyoxotungstates were used to inhibit the growth of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, since they depress the formation of a penicillin-binding protein with low affinity for b-lactams [6][7][8][9]. Then organoantimony(III)-containing heteropolytungstates were used against Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, showing a slightly stronger activity against the latter gram-positive bacterium [10].…”

A novel POM-based inorganic porous framework: Synthesis, structure and properties

“…Polyoxometalates (POMs), as a unique class of metal-oxide clusters with controllable shape and size, highly negative charges, and oxo-enriched surface, are often connected by various organic linkers or metal-organic bridges to form multifunctional porous frameworks with potential applications in magnetic, medicine assays, biological analysis, as well as gas storage, ion exchange and catalysis [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Among the numerous POM-based porous frameworks, most of them are constructed from classical POM or transition-metal-substituted POMs clusters.…”

Electrochromic polyoxometalate material as a sensor of bacterial activity

“…From these observations it can be concluded that [P 2 Mo VI 18 O 62 ] 6is reduced with the aid of extracellular bacterial reducing agents, while the observations also suggest the existence of a chemical site for binding [P 2 Mo VI 18 O 62 ] 6to the bacterium's external surface, as occurs with other metalates. In this sense, Yamase et al,21 who were the first to observe the reduction of POM by…”