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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 21.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Soc Rev. 2019 Jan 21;48(2):415–427. doi: 10.1039/c7cs00748e

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Schematic diagram showing a) cell wall structures of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. b) antimicrobial mechanism of NPs. i) disruption of cell membrane resulting in cytoplasmic leakage. ii) binding and disruption of intracellular components. iii) disrupting electron transport causing electrolyte imbalance. iv) generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS).