Eco-toxicity of commercial silver nanopowders to bacterial and yeast strains

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 490-495

  Lee, Sira ^a   Lee, Juhee ^a   Kim, Kiwoo ^b   Sim, Sang Jun ^c   Gu, Man Bock ^d   Yi, Jongheop ^b   Lee, Jinwon ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Cytotoxicity; Silver ions; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL SPECIES; E. COLI; ECOTOXICITY; NANO POWDERS; NANO-MATERIALS; NANO-SIZED SILVER POWDER; QUANTITATIVE PARAMETERS; S.CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILVER IONS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NANOPOWDER; SUBTILIS; SURVIVAL RATE; YEAST STRAIN;

BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAL IONS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; TOXICITY; YEAST;

SILVER;

METAL ION; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; POWDER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 70349643550     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12257-008-0254-6     Document Type: Article

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