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Figure 8

From: Synthesis and biological characterization of silver nanoparticles derived from the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria limnetica

Figure 8

TEM morphological changes of B. cereus as cell structure with or without O-AgNPs. (a) Structure of intact cell (control), (b) damaged cell membrane and releasing of cytoplasm, (c,d) dark mineral particles and electron dense particles within cytoplasm, (d,f) cellular disintegration and (e,f) shrinking of protoplasm and detachment of cellular membrane (cellular deformation). (g) EDX spectrum of B. cereus cells with O-AgNPs.

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