Antimicrobial properties of CuO nanorods and multi-armed nanoparticles against B. anthracis vegetative cells and endospores

• Pratibha Pandey,
• Merwyn S. Packiyaraj,
• Himangini Nigam,
• Gauri S. Agarwal,
• Beer Singh and
• Manoj K. Patra

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 789–800, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.91

• : Bacillus anthracis; bactericidal nanoparticles; copper oxide; nanoparticles; spore inactivation; Introduction B. anthracis, the etiological agent of anthrax is a gram-positive, rod shaped, spore forming bacterium with 1 to 8 µm length and 1 to 1.5 µm width [1]. Its very high lethality (LD50 is 2,500 to