Does the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles depend on the shape of the nanoparticle? A study of the gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1712-1720

  Pal, Sukdeb ^a   Tak, Yu Kyung ^a   Song, Joon Myong ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDES; CELL MEMBRANES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SILVER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BACTERIA; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGY; FILTRATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES;

AGAR PLATES; BIOCIDAL ACTIONS; LIQUID SYSTEMS;

NANOPARTICLES; SILVER;

NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; SILVER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; BACTERICIDAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY-FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE ORGANISMS; SHAPED SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84944450592     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02218-06     Document Type: Article

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