Retraction Note: The role of bismuth nanoparticles in the inhibition of bacterial infection

The Editor in Chief has retracted this article. After publication concerns were raised about the authorship. An investigation by the Publisher found that the authorship could not be verified. The Editor in Chief has therefore lost confidence in the integrity of this article. Balsam Qubais Saeed, Saman Yasamineh, Omid Gholizadeh and Mahdiyeh Zandi disagree to this retraction. Somaye Salari Sedigh, Arsalan Gholipour, Bashar Zuhair Talib Al-Naqeeb, Noor M. Abdullah AL-Tameemi, Maadh Fawzi Nassar and Parya Amini have not responded to correspondence from the Editor about this retraction.

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Department of Periodontology Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
Somaye Salari Sedigh
Nanotechnology Research Institute, School of Chemical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran
Arsalan Gholipour
Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mahdiyeh Zandi
Clinical Sciences Department, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
Balsam Qubais Saeed
Anesthesia technology department, Al-Turath University College, Al Mansour, Baghdad, Iraq
Bashar Zuhair Talib Al-Naqeeb
Nursing Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College, 51001, Hillah, Babylon, Iraq
Noor M. Abdullah AL-Tameemi
Integrated Chemical Biophysics Research, Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Maadh Fawzi Nassar
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Maadh Fawzi Nassar
Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Saman Yasamineh, Yasuj, Iran
Parya Amini
Research Center for Clinical Virology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Omid Gholizadeh, Tehran, Iran
Saman Yasamineh
Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Omid Gholizadeh

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Sedigh, S.S., Gholipour, A., Zandi, M. et al. Retraction Note: The role of bismuth nanoparticles in the inhibition of bacterial infection. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 39, 275 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-023-03724-y

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Published: 11 August 2023
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