Toxicity of silver nanoparticles against bacteria, yeast, and algae

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Dorobantu, Loredana S ^a   Fallone, Clara ^a   Noble, Adam J ^b   Veinot, Jonathan ^a   Ma, Guibin ^a   Goss, Greg G ^a   Burrell, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Bacteria; Environmental and health effects; Physicochemical characterization; Silver nanoparticles; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIA; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; NANOPARTICLES; NITRATES; SILVER ALLOYS; TOXICITY; YEAST;

11-MERCAPTOUNDECANOIC ACID; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NITRATE SOLUTIONS;

SILVER;

11 MERCAPTOUNDECANOIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CITRIC ACID; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECANOIC ACID;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUXENOCHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXICITY ASSAY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84927127000     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-015-2984-7     Document Type: Article

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