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Toxicity of ZnO and TiO(2) to Escherichia coli cells

We performed a comprehensive investigation of the toxicity of ZnO and TiO(2) nanoparticles using Escherichia coli as a model organism. Both materials are wide band gap n-type semiconductors and they can interact with lipopolysaccharide molecules present in the outer membrane of E. coli, as well as p...

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Autores principales: Leung, Yu Hang, Xu, Xiaoying, Ma, Angel P. Y., Liu, Fangzhou, Ng, Alan M. C., Shen, Zhiyong, Gethings, Lee A., Guo, Mu Yao, Djurišić, Aleksandra B., Lee, Patrick K. H., Lee, Hung Kay, Chan, Wai Kin, Leung, Frederick C. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5378928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27731373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep35243