A biocide is a chemical substance or microorganism which can deter, render harmless, or exert a controlling effect on any harmful organism by chemical or biological means. Biocides are commonly used in medicine, agriculture, forestry, and industry.

Interactions between dendrimer biocides and bacterial membranes
Silver as biocides in burn and wound dressings and bacterial resistance to silver compounds.
Worldwide occurrence and effects of antifouling paint booster biocides in the aquatic environment: a review
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S. Silver, L. Phung, G. Silver: Silver as biocides in burn and wound dressings and bacterial resistance to silver compounds, J. Ind...
Polymeric phosphonium salts as a novel class of cationic biocides. VII. Synthesis and antibacterial activity of polymeric phosphoniu...
Polymeric phosphonium salts as a novel class of cationic biocides. III. Immobilization of phosphonium salts by surface photografting...
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Polymeric phosphonium salts as a novel class of cationic biocides. VI. Antibacterial activity of fibers surface‐treated with phosph...