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Bactericidal, quorum quenching and anti-biofilm nanofactories: a new niche for nanotechnologists

Brahma N. SinghPharmacognosy & Ethnopharmacology Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India;
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PrateekshaPharmacognosy & Ethnopharmacology Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India;
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Dalip K. UpretiLichenology laboratory, Plant Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India;
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Braj Raj SinghTERI-Deakin Nanobiotechnology Centre, TERI Gram, The Energy and Resources Institute, Gurgaon, Haryana, India; ;Centre of Excellence in Materials Science (Nanomaterials), Z. H. College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India;
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Tom DefoirdtCentre of Excellence in Materials Science (Nanomaterials), Z. H. College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India; ;Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium;
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Vijai K. GuptaMolecular Glyco-biotechnology Group, Discipline of Biochemistry, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland; Correspondence[email protected]
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Ana Olivia De SouzaLaboratório de Bioquímica, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil;
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Harikesh Bahadur SinghMycology & Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pardesh, India;
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João C. M. BarreiraMountain Research Centre (CIMO), ESA, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, Bragança, Portugal;
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Isabel C. F. R. FerreiraMountain Research Centre (CIMO), ESA, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, Bragança, Portugal;
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Khabat VahabiBiologisch-Pharmazeutische Fakultät, Institut für Allgemeine Botanik und Pflanzenphysiologie, Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena, Jena, Germany
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Pages 525-540 | Received 21 Feb 2016, Accepted 16 Apr 2016, Published online: 10 Aug 2016

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