Natural organic matter alters biofilm tolerance to silver nanoparticles and dissolved silver

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 12687-12696

  Wirth, Stacy M ^a   Lowry, Gregory V ^a,b   Tilton, Robert D ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDAL; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; DOSE-DEPENDENT MANNER; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; HUMIC ACID; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SILVER IONS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE SPECIES; STAINING METHOD; SUPERNATANTS;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; METAL IONS; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TOXICITY;

SILVER;

NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

AGGREGATE; BIOFILM; DISSOLVED MATTER; HUMIC ACID; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SILVER; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TOXICITY;

BIOFILMS; COLLOIDS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROPIDIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; SILVER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 84869419660     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301521p     Document Type: Article

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