| Title |
Interactions of semiconductor Cd-based quantum dots and Cd2+ with gut bacteria isolated from wild Salmo trutta fry / |
| Authors |
Butrimienė, Renata ; Kalnaitytė, Agnė ; Januškaitė, Emilija ; Bagdonas, Saulius ; Jurgelėnė, Živilė ; Butkauskas, Dalius ; Virbickas, Tomas ; Montvydienė, Danguolė ; Kazlauskienė, Nijolė ; Skrodenytė Arbačiauskienė, Vesta |
| DOI |
10.7717/peerj.14025/supp-6 |
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| Is Part of |
PeerJ.. London : PeerJ. 2022, vol. 10, art. no. e14025, p. 1-22.. ISSN 2167-8359. eISSN 2167-8359 |
| Abstract [eng] |
With the rapid development of nanotechnology, more and more nanoproducts are being released into the environment where they may both pose ecological risks and be toxic to living organisms. The ecotoxicological impact of quantum dots (QDs), a class of nanoparticles (NPs), on aquatic organisms is becoming an emerging issue, this due to their nano-specific properties, to the physico-chemical transformation in the environment and to the possible release of toxic metals from their structure such as Cd. Methods In this work, (i) spectroscopic measurements of commercially available Cd-based QDs (CdSe/ZnS-COOH) were made at various pH values (5.0 and 7.0) to study their interactions (at a concentration of 4 nm) with various strains of Gram-positive and Gram-negative gut bacteria after short-term exposure and (ii) the antibacterial efficacy of QDs and Cd2+ (at a concentration 0.09–3.56 mM) against gut bacteria isolated from wild freshwater Salmo trutta fry was studied at different temperatures (15 °C and 25 °C) and pH values (5.0 and 7.0) by applying a well-established disc diffusion assay. |
| Published |
London : PeerJ |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2022 |
| CC license |
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