Patent ID: 6103131
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A01N,C02F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method to inhibit bacteria from adhering to a submergible surface comprising the step of contacting the submergible surface with a sulfamic acid or a salt thereof in an amount effective to inhibit bacteria from adhering to the submergible surface, wherein the sulfamic acid is a compound of the formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2 NS(O).sub.2 (OH), where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently a hydrogen, a C.sub.4 -C.sub.20 alkyl group or a cyclohexyl group, but R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are not both hydrogen; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, together with the N, form a 5-8 membered heterocyclic ring having the formula: ##STR4## in which X is O, NH, or CH.sub.2 ; and wherein the salt of a sulfamic acid is an acid salt or a quatemized sulfamic acid salt.