The Antimicrobial Properties of Silver Nanoparticles in Bacillus subtilis Are Mediated by Released Ag⁺ Ions

• Yi-Huang Hsueh ,

  * E-mail: yihhsueh@saturn.yzu.edu.tw

  Affiliation Graduate School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Kuen-Song Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Wan-Ju Ke,

  Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, and Research Center for Bacterial Pathogenesis, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Chien-Te Hsieh,

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Chao-Lung Chiang,

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Dong-Ying Tzou,

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Shih-Tung Liu

  Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, and Research Center for Bacterial Pathogenesis, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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