The Interaction between Extracellular Polymeric Substances from Diatom <i>Cyclotella meneghiniana</i> and Citrate-Coated Silver Nanoparticles
Rocco Gasco,
Isabelle A. Worms,
Vera I. Slaveykova
Affiliations
Rocco Gasco
Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Environmental Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Sciences, Earth and Environment Sciences, University of Geneva, 66 Boulevard Carl-Vogt, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Isabelle A. Worms
Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Environmental Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Sciences, Earth and Environment Sciences, University of Geneva, 66 Boulevard Carl-Vogt, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Vera I. Slaveykova
Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Environmental Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology, Faculty of Sciences, Earth and Environment Sciences, University of Geneva, 66 Boulevard Carl-Vogt, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Opposite to the significant knowledge about the toxicity of AgNPs to phytoplankton species, rather limited knowledge is available about the role of phytoplankton secretions such as extracellular polymer substances (EPS) in NPs’ fate [...]
