Colloidal suspensions of gold particles of nanometre (nm) sizes are termed gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Although stable, AuNPs have been reported to be toxic to E. coli cells by collapsing the bacterial cell membranes and ...
Since the discovery of Antibiotics in the 20th century, the idea of searching for
antimicrobial compounds from natural sources came into existence. However natural
products from microbial origin (especially soil ...