Table 1.
Nanoparticles as putative living organisms | Nanoparticles as biochemical phenomenon | |
Form and shape similar but much smaller than bacteria | → | Nanoparticles of mineral and non-mineral compounds |
Content: nucleic acid and proteins | → | In vitro high binding to charged molecules |
Growing structures | → | Saturated solution enables in vitro growth |
Antibodies against nanobacteria | → | Antibodies against albumin and fetuin-A |