“…One PS, n ‐hexadecylpyridinium chloride, C 16 PyrCl (Sigma‐Aldrich, São Paulo, Brazil), and seven ISs were used in this study: 1‐ n ‐decyl‐3‐methylimidazolium chloride, C 10 MlmCl (Sigma‐Aldrich); 1‐ n ‐hexadecyl‐3‐methylimidazolium chloride, C 16 MlmCl (Shen et al, 2019); 1,3‐di‐ n ‐decyl‐2‐methylimidazolium chloride (C 10 ) 2 MImCl (Sigma‐Aldrich); 1‐ n ‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium chloride, C 4 MlmCl (Sigma‐Aldrich); 1‐ n ‐hexadecyl‐3‐methylimidazolium methanesulfonate, C 16 MlmMeS (Pilz‐Junior et al, 2019); 1,3‐di‐ n ‐hexadecylimidazolium chloride, (C 16 ) 2 lmCl (Rohini et al, 2013); and 1‐ n ‐octadecyl‐3‐methylimidazolium chloride, C 18 MlmCl (CJC China Jie Chemical, Shanghai, China) (Figure 1). Solutions were prepared in sterile distilled water, at a concentration of 100 μg ml −1 (0.01%), and they were sterilized with 0.22 μm pore filters, and kept in sterilized bottles until use.…”