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Table 1 Representative bioengineered nanomaterials with selectivity toxicity against microbes

From: Bioengineered materials with selective antimicrobial toxicity in biomedicine

Type of materials

Type of microbes

Selectivity

Application

References

Hollow outer membrane vesicles coated with bovine serum albumin

Gram-negative bacteria

K. pneumoniae

Infection resulting from carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae in bladder

[98]

Outer membrane vesicles coated with gold nanoparticles

Gram-negative bacteria

E. coli

Antibacterial vaccine

[99]

Chitosan nano-structures coupled with synthetic recombinant antigens

Gram-negative bacteria

E. coli

Antibacterial vaccine

[100]

Gold nanoparticles

Gram-negative bacteria

E. coli

Antibacterial vaccine

[101]

Oxadiazolylthiazoles

Fungi

Candida

Treatment of fungal infections

[97]

Chitosan and its nanoparticles

Fungi

C. albicans

Antifungal agent

[95]

TiO2 nanoparticles co-doped with silver and nitrogen

Gram-positive bacteria

B. subtilis

Antibacterial agent

[94]

WS2/ZnO nanohybrid

Fungi

C. albicans

Antifungal material

[93]

Bacterial outer membrane‐coated mesoporous silica nanoparticles

Gram-negative bacteria

E. coli

Gram-negative bacterial infections

[80]

Silver nanoparticle-cell wall binding domain

Gram-positive bacteria

B. subtilis

Antibacterial agent

[76]

ZnO nanoparticles

Gram-positive bacteria

P. aeruginosa

Antibacterial agent

[102]

  1. K. pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae; E. coli, Escherichia coli; C. albicans, Candida albicans; B. subtilis, Bacillus subtilis; P. aeruginosa, Pseudomonas aeruginosa