Synergistic Antimicrobial Effect of Cold Atmospheric Plasma and Redox-Active Nanoparticles.

ABSTRACT: Cold argon plasma (CAP) and metal oxide nanoparticles are well known antimicrobial agents. In the current study, on an example of Escherichia coli, a series of analyses was performed to assess the antibacterial action of the combination of these agents and to evaluate the possibility of using cerium oxide and cerium fluoride nanoparticles for a combined treatment of bacterial diseases. The joint effect of the combination of cold argon plasma and several metal oxide and fluoride nanoparticles (CeO₂, CeF₃, WO₃) was investigated on a model of E. coli colony growth on agar plates. The mutagenic effect of different CAP and nanoparticle combinations on bacterial DNA was investigated, by means of a blue-white colony assay and RAPD-PCR. The effect on

SUBMITTER: Ermakov AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10604215 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature