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Silver is bactericidal Broad-spectrum compound

Silver nanoparticles are broad-spectrum bactericidal and virucidal compounds.

J Nanobiotechnology. 2011 Aug 3;9:30. doi: 10.1186/1477-3155-9-30. Lara HH, Garza-Treviño EN, Ixtepan-Turrent L, Singh DK.

Inhibition invariable of the species tested

Silver nanoparticles impede the biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2010 Sep 1;79(2):340-4. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2010.04.014. Epub 2010 Apr 22. Kalishwaralal K, BarathManiKanth S, Pandian SR, Deepak V, Gurunathan S.

Major bactericidal function of the silver ion

Bactericidal actions of a silver ion solution on Escherichia coli, studied by energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy and proteomic analysis.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 Nov;71(11):7589-93. Yamanaka M, Hara K, Kudo J.

Antibiotic activity

Silver enhances antibiotic activity against gram-negative bacteria.

Sci Transl Med. 2013 Jun 19;5(190):190ra81. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3006276. Morones-Ramirez JR1, Winkler JA, Spina CS, Collins JJ.

Silver ions can destabilize the biofilm matrix

Role of silver ions in destabilization of intermolecular adhesion forces measured by atomic force microscopy in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Dec;49(12):4853-9. Chaw KC, Manimaran M, Tay FE.

Enhanced capacity against various human pathogenic bacteria.

Enhanced antibacterial and anti-biofilm activities of silver nanoparticles against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria.

Nanoscale Res Lett. 2014 Jul 31;9(1):373. doi: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-373. eCollection 2014. Gurunathan S, Han JW, Kwon DN, Kim JH.

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