Impact of carbon nanotubes on the ingestion and digestion of bacteria by ciliated protozoa

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 347-351

  Ghafari, Parnian ^a   St Denis, Christine H ^a   Power, Mary E ^a   Jin, Xu ^a   Tsou, Veronica ^a   Mandal, Himadri S ^a   Bols, Niels C ^a   Tang, Xiaowu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; HEALTH RISKS; NANOTUBES; PROTOZOA; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; YARN;

CILIATED PROTOZOON; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ECOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 44949215801     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.109     Document Type: Article

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