Mechanism of Bactericidal Activity of Silver Nitrate – a Concentration Dependent Bi-Functional Molecule

Silver nitrate imparts different functions on bacteria depending upon its concentration. At lower concentration it induced synthesis of nanoparticles, whereas at higher concentrations it induced cell death. Bacillus licheniformis was used as model system. The MIC was 5 mM, and it induced catalase pr...

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Autores principales: Kumar Pandian, Sureshbabu Ram, Deepak, Venkataraman, Kalishwaralal, Kalimuthu, Viswanathan, Pushpa, Gurunathan, Sangiliyandi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2010
Materias:
Microbial Physiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3768641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24031558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822010000300033
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Sumario:Silver nitrate imparts different functions on bacteria depending upon its concentration. At lower concentration it induced synthesis of nanoparticles, whereas at higher concentrations it induced cell death. Bacillus licheniformis was used as model system. The MIC was 5 mM, and it induced catalase production, apoptotic body formation and DNA fragmentation.

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