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Wiley, Small, 21(9), p. 3553-3553, 2013

DOI: 10.1002/smll.201370132

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Antimicrobial Resistance: Induced Adaptation of Bacillus sp. to Antimicrobial Nanosilver (Small 21/2013)

Journal article published in 2013 by Cindy Gunawan, Wey Yang Teoh, Christopher P. Marquis, Rose Amal
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The near ubiquitously-occurring Bacillus sp. are found to adapt to the antimicrobial activity of nanosilver. Upon prolonged exposure to various levels of nanosilver-stimulated cellular oxidative stress, the bacteria develop stable resistance in the forms of nanosilver tolerance and enhanced extent of growth. As reported by W. Y. Teoh, R. Amal, and co-workers on page 3554, the induced adaptation results in ultimate domination of the nanosilverresistant Bacillus sp. in the microbiota, to which nanosilver is continuously applied.