Journal: RSC Advances
Article Title: Tellurium nanoparticles as antimicrobial agents for multi-drug-resistant infections
doi: 10.1039/d5ra02635k
Figure Lengend Snippet: Assessment of E. coli BW25113 membrane integrity following treatment with BioTe or tellurite. (a–c) Representative SEM images of untreated cells (a), BioTe-treated cells (b), and tellurite-treated cells (c). Red arrows indicate membrane perforations in treated samples. Scale bars: 1 μm. (d–f) PI staining highlights membrane-compromised cells in the untreated control (d), BioTe-treated (e), and tellurite-treated (f) groups. (g–i) SYTO 9 staining shows all cells in untreated (g), BioTe-treated (h), and tellurite-treated (i) samples. (j–l) Bright-field images of the corresponding samples. Scale bars for fluorescence and bright-field images: 10 μm. (m) β-Galactosidase activity in culture supernatants of E. coli BL21(DE3) overexpressing lacZ , treated with BioTe (3× MIC), tellurite (3× MIC), or left untreated for 1 hour. Samples were analyzed via SEM, fluorescence staining, and β-galactosidase activity measurement. Data represent mean ± SD ( n = 3). Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences ( p < 0.05).
Article Snippet: These nanoparticles exhibited potent antimicrobial activity against E. coli JM109, P. aeruginosa PAO1, and S. aureus ATCC 25923.
Techniques: Membrane, Staining, Control, Fluorescence, Activity Assay