Research Article
One-Pot, Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Gold Nanostars and Evaluation of Their Antibacterial Effects against Propionibacterium acnes
Table 1
Latest studies on antibacterial activity of gold nanoparticles.
| | Ref | Morphology | Functional agent | Type of microorganism | Average size (nm) | Antibacterial effect |
| | [34] | Spheres | Cryptolepis buchanani extract | Staphylococcus aureus (+) | | MIC 0.209 μg/mL | | Acinetobacter baumannii (–) | | [35] | Spheres | Luteolin tetraphosphate | Aeromonas hydrophila (–) | 9 | No activity | | Escherichia coli (–) | | [36] | Spheres | Sophorolipid | Staphylococcus aureus (+) | | MIC 25 μg/mL | | Vibrio cholera (–) | | [37] | Spheres | Crinum latifolium | Escherichia coli (–) | | No activity | | Agrobacterium tumefaciens (–) | | Bacillus subtilis (+) | | Staphylococcus aureus (+) | | [38] | Spheres | Bovine serum albumin | Staphylococcus aureus (+) | 5 | MIC 4.37 μg/mL | | [39] | Spheres | Platycodon grandiflorum plant extract | Escherichia coli (–) | 15 | Agar diffusion method, 20 μg/mL | | Bacillus subtilis (+) |
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(+): Gram positive; (–): Gram negative.
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