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

• its minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) for planktonic organisms [94], and, subsequently, it was demonstrated that a distinct subset of HDP peptides can be addressed specifically as antibiofilm peptides, with similar overall amino acid compositions but distinct structure–activity relationships

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

• radiation in order to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) against S. aureus and E. coli. The composites exhibited antibacterial activities with low MIC and MBC values for E. coli (250 µg/mL and 750 µg/mL, respectively) and S. aureus (250 µg/mL

Silver-decorated gel-shell nanobeads: physicochemical characterization and evaluation of antibacterial properties

• Marta Bartel,
• Katarzyna Markowska,
• Marcin Strawski,
• Krystyna Wolska and
• Maciej Mazur

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 620–630, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.49

• inhibitory (MBIC) concentrations are comparable to those of non-incorporated silver nanoparticles. Keywords: Escherichia coli; gel-shell particles; minimum biofilm inhibitory concentration (MBIC); minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC); nanocomposites; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; silver nanoparticles

• composite per volume of the colloidal solution (to calculate the values, a silver content of 17.4% was assumed in the composite, as determined by thermogravimetric analysis). The determined minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values confirmed that the studied PSSAg beads exhibit considerable

• studied by the determination of the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the samples using a broth microdilution technique performed in 96-well microtiter plates according to the standards of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) [52]. Briefly, a series of twofold dilutions of the

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

• silver from unintended corrosion. Second, it must ensure a certain release rate of the reagent Ag+, which is below the toxic level but sufficiently high to fight bacteria, germs and fungi successfully. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) must be exceeded. For this purpose, the coating must be

• (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

• passivate the reagent, thereby reducing the impact of retarded controlled release of Ag+ ions. An upper thickness limit of 500 nm is required to deliver an Ag+ concentration into the urine that suppresses the density of bacteria below a certain level, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). This has

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

• modified AgNPs were the most effective, showing minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values in a restricted range of 1.0–3.7 µg/mL. An explanation is proposed for this result based on the increased surface reactivity of the metal surface due to the presence of positively charged active sites. Keywords

• was shown to be more effective with AgNPs with an average diameter of less than 10 nm. The lowest minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values for Gram-positive as well as Gram-negative bacteria were correlated to the smallest nanoparticles used (5 nm and 7 nm) in different studies [28][29][30]. In