Enhanced resistance to nanoparticle toxicity is conferred by overproduction of extracellular polymeric substances

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 241-242, Issue , 2012, Pages 363-370

  Joshi, Nimisha ^a   Ngwenya, Bryne T ^a   French, Christopher E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Exopolysaccharides; Nanotoxicity; Viability; Xanthan

Indexed keywords

CELL AGGREGATION; CELL VIABILITY; COLANIC ACID; CONTROL STRAIN; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; INCREASING PRODUCTION; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; NANOPARTICLE TOXICITY; NANOTOXICITY; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PARENT STRAIN; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SURFACE AREA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; VIABILITY; XANTHAN;

AGGLOMERATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SILVER;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; XANTHAN;

AGGREGATION; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INVASION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOPOLYMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAL NANOPARTICLES; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SILVER; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84868449475     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.09.057     Document Type: Article

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