title: Non-toxicity of water soluble multi-walled carbon nanotube on Escherichia-coli colonies.
abstract: Carboxylic acid functionalized water soluble carbon nanotube (wsCNT) shows no toxic effect against the growth of Escherichia-coli (E. coli), a gram-negative bacteria. Treatment up to 8 microg mL(-1) of wsCNT did not show any toxic effect on E. coli growth that was followed by using bacterial growth kinetics and Spread Plate Technique (SPT). The number of E-coli colonies counts with and without wsCNT showed nearly no change and the bacterial growth kinetics in both the cases showing no toxic effect of wsCNT on the growth of E. coli.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208016, India.
authors: Manas
authors: M
authors: Roy
authors: Sumit Kumar
authors: SK
authors: Sonkar
authors: Shweta
authors: S
authors: Tripathi
authors: Manav
authors: M
authors: Saxena
authors: Sabyasachi
authors: S
authors: Sarkar
mesh_terms: D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000633:toxicity*; D012995:Solubility; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D014867:Water