Biological impact of nanoscale lithium intercalating complex metal oxides to model bacterium B. subtilis.

ABSTRACT: The wide applications of lithium intercalating complex metal oxides in energy storage devices call for a better understanding of their environmental impact at the end of their life cycle. In this study, we examine the biological impact of a panel of nanoscale lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides (Li x Ni y Mn z Co1-y-z O2, 0 < x, y, z < 1, abbreviated to NMCs) to a model Gram-positive bacterium, Bacillus subtilis, in terms of cellular respiration and growth. A highly sensitive single-cell gel electrophoresis method is also applied for the first time to understand the genotoxicity of these nanomaterials to bacterial cells. Results from these assays indicate that the free Ni and Co ions released from the incongruent dissolution of the NMC material in B. subtilis growth medium induced both

SUBMITTER: Feng ZV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6768416 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature