Zinc oxide nanoparticle: An effective antibacterial agent against pathogenic bacterial isolates - Journal of King Saud University - Science

Irfan Ahmad​a,⁎, Mohammad Y. Alshahrania, Shadma Wahabb, Alhanouf I. Al-Harbic, Nazima Nisara, Yasser Alraeya, Abdulaziz Alqahtania, Mushtaq Ahmad Mira, Safia Irfand, Mohd Saeed​e,⁎aDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi ArabiabDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi ArabiacDepartment of Medical Laboratory, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Yanbu, Saudi ArabiadDepartment of Biosciences, Faculty of Sciences, Integral University, Lucknow, UP, IndiaeDepartment of Biology College of Sciences, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia11 IntroductionZinc oxide nanoparticle (ZnO NP) is renowned for its antimicrobial properties and demonstrated the highest toxicity against a wide range of microorganisms (Hu et al., 2009). ZnO NP is found to be more efficient as antimicrobials than the powder form (Tayel et al., 2011). ZnO produces a noteworthy antimicro...