Quantitative evaluation of antibacterial activities of metallic oxide powders (ZnO, MgO and CaO) by conductimetric assay.

By J. Sawai. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 2003

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Subfields: Environmental Chemistry, Filtration and Separation, Materials Chemistry

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Antibacterial activities of zinc oxide nanoparticles against Escherichia coli O157:H7 (2009, background): “Furthermore, the mode of action underlying their antibacterial effects is not well understood, although a few studies have proposed several mechanisms of antibacterial activity of ZnO NP, including: (i) the induction of reactive oxygen species including hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), which is a strong ox”
Review on Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Antibacterial Activity and Toxicity Mechanism (2015, methodology): “For example, the conductometric assay measures the bacterial metabolism-induced alterations in the electrical conductivity of growth media [48, 49].”
Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Antimicrobial Activity and Food Packaging Applications (2012, background): “Accordingly, Sawai (2003) has suggested a strong affinity between ZnO nanoparticles and the bacteria cells of S. aureus as the cause of higher activity against this microorganism.”
Green synthesized ZnO nanoparticles against bacterial and fungal pathogens (2012, background): “This may be due to the possible presence of fewer Zn2þ ions, which might act as nutrient [38].”
Antimicrobial nanomaterials for water disinfection and microbial control: potential applications and implications. (2008, background): “ZnO nanoparticles exhibit strong antibacterial activities on a broad spectrum of bacteria (Sawai, 2003; Adams et al., 2006; Jones et al., 2008; Huang et al., 2008a).”
"Nanoantibiotics": a new paradigm for treating infectious diseases using nanomaterials in the antibiotics resistant era. (2011, background): “In addition, generation of hydrogen peroxide and Zn+2 ionswere suggested tobekeyantibacterialmechanismsof ZnONPs [93].”