Chitosan as antimicrobial agent: applications and mode of action.

By E. Rabea, M. Badawy, C. Stevens, G. Smagghe, W. Steurbaut. Biomacromolecules, 2003

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Utilization of byproducts and waste materials from meat, poultry and fish processing industries: a review (2012, background): “Chitosan has wide spectrum antimicrobial activity against bacteria, yeast and fungi (Rabea et al. 2003; Shahidi et al. 1999).”
The magic glue hyaluronan and its eraser hyaluronidase: a biological overview. (2007, background): “This polysaccharide mediates a variety of biological effects, including antiangiogenesis (Harish Prashanth and Tharanathan, 2005; Kato et al., 2005), antimicrobial (Rabea et al., 2003), and immune enhancing activities (Singla and Chawla, 2001; Senel and McClure, 2004).”
A future perspective in crop protection chitosan and its oligosaccharides (2014, background): “Chitosan is a static or cidal agent of microbial growth, useful in agriculture, household goods manufacturing [4] and the applications and mode of action have been reviewed [56].”