Figure 3.
Proposed antibacterial mechanisms of ampicillin plus AgNPs. AgNPs-ampicillin in combination hinders the formation of crosslinks in the peptidoglycan layer, which results in cell lysis. AgNPs-ampicillin complex inhibits DNA unwinding.
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