Copolymers with a quaternary ammonium salt side group have been prepared from vinylbenzyl–cetyldimethylammonium chloride and acrylonitrile and their antibacterial activity has been examined with Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli. Growth inhibitory effect has been found to increase with the increase in the quaternary ammonium salt concentration in the copolymer. The effect is small on gram‐negative bacteria and large on gram‐positive bacteria.
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