The Adsorption Properties of Bacillus atrophaeus Spore on Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes
Figure 5
Inoculated agar plates showing the growth of B. atrophaeus (at different dilutions) from a 3 minutes CNTs-spore batch experiment. (a) functionalized, (b) purified, and (c) as-received. Included is the final concentration of the nonabsorbed spores (colonies growth on the plate). It should be noted that the colonies shown on the plate based on the functionalized nanotubes appear to be smaller than those based on the purified and as- received systems. This size effect is only due to the incubation time for the colony growth, and does not affect the number of colonies grown.
