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Strain specificity in antimicrobial activity of silver and copper nanoparticles.

J. Ruparelia, A. Chatterjee, S. Duttagupta, S. Mukherji

2008.5.1Acta Biomaterialia

DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2007.11.006

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The antimicrobial properties of silver and copper nanoparticles were investigated using Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus and found that while silver was in its pure form, an oxide layer existed on the Copper nanoparticles.

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RUPARELIA, J., et al. Strain specificity in antimicrobial activity of silver and copper nanoparticles. Acta Biomaterialia, 2008, 4 3: 707–16.