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Silver nanoparticles: A new view on mechanistic aspects on antimicrobial activity
Nelson Durán,Marcela Durán,Marcelo Bispo de Jesus,Amedea B. Seabra,Wagner José Fávaro,Gerson Nakazato +5 more
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This overview incorporates a retrospective of previous reviews published from 2007 to 2013 and recent original contributions on the progress of research on antimicrobial mechanisms to summarize the current knowledge in the field of antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles.About:
This article is published in Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine.The article was published on 2016-04-01. It has received 1055 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Silver nanoparticle.read more
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Emerging nanobiotechnology in agriculture for the management of pesticide residues.
Monika Nehra,Neeraj Dilbaghi,Giovanna Marrazza,Ajeet Kaushik,Christian Sonne,Ki-Hyun Kim,Sandeep Kumar +6 more
TL;DR: A review that explores both existing and emerging techniques for management of pesticide residues and environmental risks, which can offer a sustainable solution to revitalize the tarnished water/soil resources.
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Biomolecules incorporated metallic nanoparticles synthesis and their biomedical applications
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The Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) to Three Freshwater Invertebrates With Different Life Strategies: Hydra vulgaris, Daphnia carinata, and Paratya australiensis
Sam Lekamge,Ana F. Miranda,Amanda N. Abraham,Vivian Li,Ravi Shukla,Vipul Bansal,Dayanthi Nugegoda +6 more
TL;DR: It is recommended that a multispecies approach is used in predictive risk assessment of NPs and to ensure protection of native species from possible toxic effects from NPs released into aquatic systems.
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Contemporary antibiofouling modifications of reverse osmosis desalination membrane: A review
TL;DR: A comprehensive review on the contemporary strategies that are focused on RO membrane design and modification to address the biofouling issues is provided in this paper, where the strategies for the development of anti-biofou-ling RO membrane in terms of material characteristics and selections as well as the techniques established to render anti-biobio-ouling properties are extensively discussed.
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Biosynthesis of inorganic nanomaterials using microbial cells and bacteriophages
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TL;DR: The engineering of microorganisms to rationally prepare nanomaterials for diverse applications and a step-by-step flow chart is presented to aid the design and biosynthesis of inorganic NMs employing microbial cells.
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The bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles
Jose Ruben Morones,Jose Luis Elechiguerra,A. Camacho,Katherine B. Holt,Juan B. Kouri,Jose Tapia Ramirez,Miguel Jose Yacaman +6 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that the bactericidal properties of the nanoparticles are size dependent, since the only nanoparticles that present a direct interaction with the bacteria preferentially have a diameter of approximately 1-10 nm.
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Silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial agent: a case study on E. coli as a model for Gram-negative bacteria
Ivan Sondi,Branka Salopek-Sondi +1 more
TL;DR: These nontoxic nanomaterials, which can be prepared in a simple and cost-effective manner, may be suitable for the formulation of new types of bactericidal materials.
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Antimicrobial effects of silver nanoparticles
Jun Sung Kim,Eunye Kuk,Kyeong Nam Yu,Jong-Ho Kim,Sungjin Park,Hu Jang Lee,So Hyun Kim,Young Kyung Park,Yong Ho Park,Cheol Yong Hwang,Yong-Kwon Kim,Yoon-Sik Lee,Dae Hong Jeong,Myung-Haing Cho +13 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that Ag nanoparticles can be used as effective growth inhibitors in various microorganisms, making them applicable to diverse medical devices and antimicrobial control systems.
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Antiseptics and Disinfectants: Activity, Action, and Resistance
TL;DR: Known mechanisms of microbial resistance (both intrinsic and acquired) to biocides are reviewed, with emphasis on the clinical implications of these reports.
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Does the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles depend on the shape of the nanoparticle? A study of the Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli.
TL;DR: This is the first comparative study on the bactericidal properties of silver nanoparticles of different shapes, and the results demonstrate thatsilver nanoparticles undergo a shape-dependent interaction with the gram-negative organism E. coli.
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