Talk:Silver as an Antimicrobial Agent

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Your topic is very informative, highly interesting and in depth. It is interesting to know that there might be a way out even if bacterial species have developed resistance to Vancomycin, the supposed unbeatable antibiotic. You have very good figures and data that supplement the text, and a good flow. Improvements: -I felt that the links in the brackets in the introduction provided more information but at the same time broke the flow of the passage and diverted me. Is it possible to convert them into the form that Wikipedia uses (blue fonts and clickable)? -Italicize name of bacterial species e.g. Enterococcus hirae in the “Entering the Cell” paragraph, S. aureus & E.coli under “Observed effects of silver exposure”. -I believe the two figures before the “Current uses” belong to the “Nanoparticle shape” section. Correct? - In the intro, you mention that after the discovery of antibiotics the use of silver as an antimicrobial agent declined. I could get from your page that there might be toxicity issues but were there other reasons? supply? It may not be necessary but I'm curious.