- Phosphate starvation as an antimicrobial strategy: the controllable toxicity of lanthanum oxide nanoparticles.
Phosphate starvation as an antimicrobial strategy: the controllable toxicity of lanthanum oxide nanoparticles.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2012-03-14)
Lukas C Gerber, Nadine Moser, Norman A Luechinger, Wendelin J Stark, Robert N Grass
PMID22410707
摘要
Lanthanum oxide nanoparticles were utilized to scavenge phosphate from microbial growth media for the use of targeted nutrient starvation as an antimicrobial strategy. Only in phosphate poor environments a toxic effect was observed. The effect was shown on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus carnosus, Penicillium roqueforti, and Chlorella vulgaris.