Particle-Cell Contact Enhances Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles

Olesja Bondarenko; Angela Ivask; Aleksandr Käkinen; Imbi Kurvet; Anne Kahru

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064060

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Particle-Cell Contact Enhances Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles

Olesja Bondarenko Angela Ivask Aleksandr Käkinen Imbi Kurvet Anne Kahru

Year: 2013 Journal: PLoS ONE Vol: 8 (5)Pages: e64060-e64060 Publisher: Public Library of Science

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064060

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Abstract

Our findings provide new insights into the mode of antibacterial action of nanosilver and explain some discrepancies in this field, showing that "Ag-ion" and "particle-specific" mechanisms are not controversial but, rather, are two faces of the same coin.

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Silver nanoparticle Pseudomonas fluorescens Antibacterial activity Chemistry Dissolution Bacterial cell structure Extracellular Escherichia coli Toxicity Bacteria Bacillus subtilis Microbiology Nuclear chemistry Biophysics Nanoparticle Biochemistry Materials science Nanotechnology Biology Organic chemistry

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