Bioselectivity of silk protein-based materials and their bio-inspired applications

• Hendrik Bargel,
• Vanessa T. Trossmann,
• Christoph Sommer and
• Thomas Scheibel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 902–921, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.81

• bioselectivity. Keywords: antifouling; bacteriostatic; biofouling; bioselective cell adhesion; spider silk protein; Review 1 Introduction 1.1 Bioadhesive protein surfaces Biological adhesion is important for all organisms such as plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi, covering a wide range of biological aspects

A review on nanostructured silver as a basic ingredient in medicine: physicochemical parameters and characterization

• Gabriel M. Misirli,
• Kishore Sridharan and
• Shirley M. P. Abrantes

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 440–461, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.36

• cause acute toxic effects on human cells [102][103]. Effect on bacteria: Agnihotri et al. identified the bacteriostatic/bactericidal effect of AgNPs and determined the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of spherical silver nanoparticles against four

Antimicrobial metal-based nanoparticles: a review on their synthesis, types and antimicrobial action

• Matías Guerrero Correa,
• Fernanda B. Martínez,
• Cristian Patiño Vidal,
• Camilo Streitt,
• Juan Escrig and
• Carol Lopez de Dicastillo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1450–1469, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.129

• efficiency of a given compound: An agent is considered “bacteriostatic” if it delays the bacterial growth, maintaining the initial growth phase for a longer period of time. An antibacterial agent can also be “bactericidal” if it completely inhibits and kills the bacteria. However, the bacteriostatic and

• . As a result, approximate MIC values can be obtained; however, this method cannot distinguish between bactericidal or bacteriostatic effects [146]. The agar diffusion method can also be modified depending on the research study. For example, in order to study the antibacterial activity of Ag NPs

• microorganisms [145][147][148]. In general, both mentioned methodologies are the most common techniques used. In case more information is needed regarding the inhibitory effect (bactericidal or bacteriostatic) or the cell damage caused by the NPs against the target microorganism, dead time tests and flow

Bi-layer sandwich film for antibacterial catheters

• Gerhard Franz,
• Florian Schamberger,
• Hamideh Heidari Zare,
• Sara Felicitas Bröskamp and
• Dieter Jocham

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1982–2001, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.199

• ]. Drug-release catheters All other trials can be subsumed under drug-release catheters being at least bacteriostatic or even bactericidal. The first trials consisted of dipping catheters into a solution of an antibiotic drug (e.g., ciprofloxacin [14]) and subsequent drying of the solvent. Although, by

• (the difference between bactericidic and bacteriostatic character). With the measured Ag+ concentrations, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) against certain bacteria in certain solvents is established. In this article, we focus on the latter method because it allows for quantitative conclusions

Antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles obtained by pulsed laser ablation in pure water and in chloride solution

• Brunella Perito,
• Emilia Giorgetti,
• Paolo Marsili and
• Maurizio Muniz-Miranda

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 465–473, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.40

• ]. According to Agnihotri et al. [30], the minimum time necessary to achieve bacteriostatic as well as bactericidal effect (≥99.9% of bacteria are killed) by AgNPs is expected to occur within 3 h. We then tested the time of appearance of the bacteriostatic as well as bactericidal effects of ns-ablated AgNPs at

• their MBC value on E. coli cells. We found that both AgNPs produced in H2O and AgNPs produced in LiCl displayed almost similar antibacterial activity: growth inhibition (bacteriostatic effect) occurs immediately after incubation and remains unchanged after 24 h, while the NP killing effect begins after

Fulleropeptide esters as potential self-assembled antioxidants

• Mira S. Bjelaković,
• Tatjana J. Kop,
• Jelena Đorđević and
• Dragana R. Milić

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1065–1071, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.107

• wide range of activities of fullerene–peptide conjugates has been studied [3][7][16]. Fulleropeptides synthesized by Prato's research group [17] showed a good bacteriostatic activity against Gram-positive bacterium S. aureus making it interesting for potential antimicrobial chemotherapeutics. Recently

Electrospinning preparation and electrical and biological properties of ferrocene/poly(vinylpyrrolidone) composite nanofibers

• Ji-Hong Chai and
• Qing-Sheng Wu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 189–197, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.19

• sample containing 45 wt % Fc was selected as the final product for testing the electrochemical and antibacterial properties. The Fc has antibacterial activity. But Fc molecules remain insoluble in aqueous medium and cannot diffuse through the medium, which limits the application of Fc as a bacteriostatic

Paper modified with ZnO nanorods – antimicrobial studies

• Mayuree Jaisai,
• Sunandan Baruah and
• Joydeep Dutta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 684–691, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.78

• order to distinguish between bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects on the inhibition of bacterial growth in the area around the antimicrobial paper, bacterial cells were collected from within and outside the zone of inhibition, spread on agar plates and incubated for 48 h at 37 °C following the

• colonies inside and outside of the zone of inhibition, respectively. These observations further confirm that the inhibition of bacterial growth is due to the bactericidal effects of the ZnO nanorods rather than bacteriostatic effects. More detailed studies using electron microscopy and fluorescence