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Hydrothermal preparation of TiO₂-Ag nanoparticles and its antimicrobial performance against human pathogenic microbial cells in water

Mahmoud MOUSTAFA^{1, 2}, Saad ALAMRI¹, Mohamed ELNOUBY³, Tarek TAHA⁴, M. A. ABU-SAIED⁵, Ali SHATI¹, Mohamed AL-KAHTANI¹, Sulaiman ALRUMMAN¹

1 Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, 9004, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)
2 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
3 Composite and Nanostructured Materials Research Department, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-CITY), New Borg El-Arab City, 21934, Alexandria, Egypt
4 Environmental Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI), City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-CITY), New Borg El-Arab City, 21934, Alexandria, Egypt
5 Polymer Materials Research Department, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-CITY), New Borg El-Arab City, 21934, Alexandria, Egypt

* Address correspondence to: Mahmoud MOUSTAFA,