Beta
191706

Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using Bacillus subitilis and its antibacterial activity

Article

Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

Subjects

-

Tags

Antimicrobial agents

Abstract

Background: Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have recently been extensively investigated because of their superior physical, chemical, and biological characteristics, and their superiority is primarily due to the size, shape, composition, crystallinity, and structure of AgNPs compared to their bulk forms. Objective: The current study aimed to investigate the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesized intracellular by using standard strain Bacillus subitilis ATCC 6633 against reference strains Escherichia coli ATCC 2592 and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29737. Results: The synthesized AgNPs showed potent antibacterial activities against the two tested bacterial strains with inhibition zones ranged from 42 -52mm and MIC 27.2 μg / ml. The silver nanoparticles were characterized with particle size ≃ 100 nm and zeta potential -19. There was deformation in both tested strains upon treatment with AgNPs which was observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Conclusion: The results indicated that AgNPs could be used as an effective antibacterial agent.

Keywords

Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), Antibacterial activity

Authors

First Name

Ghada

Last Name

Abd el wahab

MiddleName

S.M.

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology, Egyptian drug authority, former National Organization for Drug Control and Research (NODCAR), Giza, 12611, Egypt

Email

waelelmelegy@hotmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

Volume

30

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

27344

Issue Date

2021-04-01

Receive Date

2021-01-20

Publish Date

2021-04-04

Page Start

67

Page End

71

Print ISSN

1110-2179

Online ISSN

2537-0979

Link

https://ejmm.journals.ekb.eg/article_191706.html

Detail API

https://ejmm.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=191706

Order

10

Type

New and original researches in the field of Microbiology.

Type Code

2,038

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Publication Link

https://ejmm.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

-

Details

Type

Article

Created At

23 Jan 2023