Friday, March 01, 2013

Aqueous phase synthesis of copper nanoparticles: a link between heavy metal resistance and nanoparticle synthesis ability in bacterial systems

Vipul Bansal






Nanoscale , 2013, 5,2300-2306

DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32887A, Paper

Rajesh Ramanathan, Matthew R. Field, Anthony P. O'Mullane, Peter M. Smooker, Suresh K. Bhargava, Vipul Bansal

The unique ability of Morganella morganii, a silver resistant bacterium, to synthesize phase pure metallic copper nanoparticles is shown and the biosynthesis of copper nanoparticles by bacteria is correlated with heavy metal ion resistance machinery present in this organism.

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