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Levard, C., Hotze, E.M., Colman, B.P., Dale, A.L., Truong, L., Yang, X.Y., Bone, A.J., Brown Jr., G.E., Tanguay, R.L., Di Giulio, R.T., Bernhardt, E.S., Meyer, J.N., Wiesner, M.R. and Lowry, G.V. (2013) Sulfidation of Silver Nanoparticles: Natural Antidote to Their Toxicity. Environmental Science & Technology, 47, 13440-13448.
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TITLE:
Impact of Sulfidation of Silver Nanoparticles on Established P. aeruginosa Biofilm
AUTHORS:
Yaolin Fennell, Patrick Ymele-Leki, Temitope Azeezat Adegboye, Kimberly L. Jones
KEYWORDS:
Silver Nanoparticles, Sulfidized Silver Nano-Particles, Biofilm, P. aeruginosa Biofilm
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology,
Vol.8 No.1,
January
20,
2017
ABSTRACT: Silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs), one of the most common types of nanomaterials in medical fields and consumer products, are known to have antimicrobial effects; these materials also undergo a series of chemical and biological transformations in the environment. Although the pristine form of silver nanoparticles has been studied, less is known about the impacts of the transformed Ag-NPs on biological systems. This knowledge gap hinders the progress of effectively assessing the impacts of Ag-NPs on the environment and human health. In this study, we demonstrate that the most common form of transformed Ag-NPs, sulfidized silver nano-particles (Ag2S-NPs), show less damage on established Pseudomonas aeruginosa GFP (ATCC® 10145 GFP™) biofilm than the pristine form of the nanoparticle. At a dosage of 0.625 mg/L, the total biomass in the biofilm decreased 64% after being exposed to Ag-NPs and 44% after exposure to Ag2S-NPs. Live biofilms were also interrogated. We observed high reduction in live population for biofilm exposed to Ag-NPs and relatively low reduction by Ag2S-NPs at exposure concentrations higher than 0.625 mg/L. Compared with Ag-NPs, the lower solubility of Ag2S-NPs results in less Ag+ diffusion into established biofilms. Our results suggest that the sulfidation of Ag-NPs reduces their impacts on established biofilms, indicating that the transformed Ag-NPs may have less environmental or human health risks.
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