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Therefore, in this study, we described the synthesis, physicochemical characterization, and the antibacterial activity of pure metal oxide nanoparticles of ZrO2 and ZnO and the antibacterial activity of their mixed metal oxide of ZrO2\u2013ZnO nanoparticles against three Gram-positive of Bacillus subtilis, Streptococcus mutans, Staphylococcus aureus, and 3 Gram-negative of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella oxytoca. The nanoparticles were successfully prepared by sol\u2013gel method and were subsequently characterized using dynamic light scattering analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results obtained from the characterization techniques confirm the formation of ZrO2, ZnO, and ZrO2\u2013ZnO nanoparticles with diameter sizes of 76, 22, and 26\u201334 nm, respectively. SEM reveals spherically shaped nanoparticles. The XRD shows the formation of monoclinic zirconia and hexagonal zinc oxide, formation of amorphous compound in Z-Z0.25 and Z-Z0.5 while Z-Z1.0 and Z-Z2.0 have peaks that corresponds to the diffractogram pattern present in ZrO2 and ZnO. 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