Enhancement of the Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles against Phytopathogenic Bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum by Stabilization

Figure 1

Transmission electron images of bare AgNP (a), SDS-AgNPs (b), SDBS-AgNPs (c), TX-100-AgNPs (d), and Tween 80-AgNPs (e) in water and their corresponding particles size distribution histogram. Note that the acronyms SDS, SDBS, TX-100, and Tween 80 indicate sodium dodecyl sulfate, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, Triton X-100, and polysorbate 80, respectively.

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