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. 2020 Jul 17;8:822. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00822

FIGURE 6.

FIGURE 6

Ag NPs interaction with bacterial cells. Ag NPs can induce (1) Ag ions leakage and ROS generation, (2) membrane proteins dysfunction, (3) accumulation in cell membrane influencing the membrane permeability, (4) DNA damage. Adapted from Marambio-Jones and Hoek (2010) with permission.