Advances in antibacterial activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles against (Review).

Nanoparticles (NPs) are one of the promising strategies to deal with bacterial infections. As the main subset of NPs, metal and metal oxide NPs show destructive power against bacteria by releasing metal ions, direct contact of cell membranes and antibiotic delivery. Recently, a number of researchers have focused on the antibacterial activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) against (). Currently, there is a lack of a comprehensive review on ZnO NPs against . Therefore, in this review, the antibacterial activity against of ZnO NPs made by various synthetic methods was summarized, particularly the green synthetic ZnO NPs. The synergistic antibacterial effect against of ZnO NPs with antibiotics was also summarized. Furthermore, the present review also emphasized the enhanced activities against of ZnO nanocomposites, nano-hybrids and functional ZnO NPs.