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

Figure 4

TEM micrographs of R. solanacearum cells alone (a) and incubated with 8% (w/w) Tween 80 (b), 19.5 mg/L pure AgNPs (c), 1.22 mg/L Tween 80-stabilized AgNPs (d), and 2.48 mg/L Tween 80-stabilized Ag⁺ (e) at 30°C for 3 h with shaking at 120 rpm.

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