Microbial cells have a sophisticated internal electrical system that they use in all of their life processes.
Silver ions have the ability to disrupt this process and to prevent these micro-organisms from conducting electricity, which makes them unable to function or replicate and so they collapse and die.
The fact that silver ions are effective against a very broad range of Micro-organisms is well established and due to recent advances in the delivery of silver ions, together with the problems associated with antibiotics, they are being used in a rapidly growing range of dietary-supplement and medical products.