Cetylpyridinium chloride produces increased zeta-potential on Salmonella Typhimurium cells, a mechanism of the pathogens inactivation

ARTICLE OPEN Cetylpyridinium chloride produces increased zeta-potential on Salmonella Typhimurium cells, a mechanism of the pathogen’s inactivation Yagmur Yegin1 , Jun K. Oh 2,4 , Mustafa Akbulut2 and Thomas Taylor 3 Cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) is a quaternary ammonium sanitizer approved for fresh poultry animal carcass sanitization from microbial human pathogens, such as Salmonella enterica. Nonetheless, the interactions of CPC with Salmonella cells, and the mechanism of the sanitizer’s...