how does iodine kill bacteria ?
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how does iodine kill bacteria
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2022-11-30T05:18:25+00:00
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iodine can penetrate into bacterial cell wall thus disturbing the protein synthesis and denature proteins. it can also disrupts the electron transport and can also denature DNA. All of these factors are involved in killing of bacteria.