A mechanistic study of the antibacterial effect of silver ions on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.
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...Also, it has been reported that heavy metals react with proteins by getting attached with the thiol group and the proteins get inactivated (Liau et al., 1997; Feng et al., 2000)....
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...The nanoparticles release silver ions in the bacterial cells, which enhance their bactericidal activity (Feng et al., 2000; Sondi and Salopek-Sondi, 2004; Morones et al., 2005; Song et al., 2006)....
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...Feng et al. (2000) reported mechanistic study of inhibition of silver ions against two strains of bacteria, S. aureus and E. coli....
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...Reports on the mechanism of inhibitory action of silver ions on microorganisms show that upon Ag treatment, DNA loses its replication ability (10) and expression of ribosomal subunit proteins as well as some other cellular proteins and enzymes FIG....
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