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Bara Mouslim

Hi Kavitha Koti

Maybe this paper can help you :

ERTEM, Elif, GUTT, Beatrice, ZUBER, Flavia, et al. Core–shell silver nanoparticles in endodontic disinfection solutions enable long-term antimicrobial effect on oral biofilms. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2017, vol. 9, no 40, p. 34762-34772.

Abul Tarafder

This paper may help as well:

O'Toole GA. Microtiter dish biofilm formation assay. J Vis Exp. 2011;(47):2437. Published 2011 Jan 30. doi:10.3791/2437

Kavitha Koti

thankyou