Sub-toxic effects of CuO nanoparticles on bacteria: Kinetics, role of Cu ions and possible mechanisms of action

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 169, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-89

  Bondarenko, Olesja ^a,b   Ivask, Angela ^a   Käkinen, Aleksandr ^a,b   Kahru, Anne ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Copper oxide nanoparticles; DNA damage; Escherichia coli biosensor; Reactive oxygen species; Toxicity mechanisms

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; CU IONS; CUO NANOPARTICLES; DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE; DNA DAMAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI BACTERIA; KEY FACTORS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SINGLE-STRANDED DNA; SIZE CONTROL; STRESS RESPONSE; SUPEROXIDE ANIONS;

BIOSENSORS; COPPER OXIDES; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAVY IONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; NANOSENSORS; OXYGEN; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIA;

COPPER ION; COPPER OXIDE; COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COPPER; DNA; POLLUTION EFFECT; REACTION KINETICS; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOSENSOR; CHELATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOLUBILIZATION; STRESS; TOXICITY TESTING;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COPPER; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IONS; KINETICS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 84861991267     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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