
Thin magnesium layer confirmed as an antibacterial …
Fig. 1 shows the release of magnesium ions in the medium following one day of pre-incubation and at 2, 4 and 7 days following infection of the co-culture and the test sample alone. The magnesium-coated titanium alloy released 24 mM/day magnesium ions during pre-incubation and 11 mM/day over the first 2 days, decreasing to 3 mM/day during days 4