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Preliminary screening of endophytic fungi hosted some wild plants in North Sinai for biogenic production of silver nanoparticles

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Biodiversity and Conservation
Food Microbiology
Fungi
Human Microbial Interactions
Medical Microbiology
Microbial-plant interactions

Abstract

The biological synthesis of silver nanoparticles offers a promising alternative to traditional physical and chemical methods due to its inherent simplicity, non-toxic nature, and environmental friendliness.  Within this study, endophytic fungi hosted six wild plants in Arish City, North Sinai, Egypt have been isolated by surface sterilization technique on different isolation media. Twelve species, based on their frequency of occurrence, out of thirty recovered taxa were tested for their capability to synthesize extracellular AgNPs.  Aspergillus terreus (OQ119631) and Aspergillus flavus (OQ119633) recovered from Hyoscyamus muticus and Zygophyllum album respectively were found to be the best candidate for the production of mycogenic AgNPs among all examined species. Mycogenic AgNPs were characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy for both taxa. The synthesized silver nanoparticles demonstrated antimicrobial efficacy against various pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Additionally, their cytotoxicity was assessed against the human normal fibroblast cell line (BJ) using a cell viability assay. The results revealed substantial growth inhibition with IC50 concentration of 100 µg/mL, indicating effectiveness against diseased cells while maintaining relative safety towards healthy cells. This underscores the potential of eco-friendly AgNPs produced by native endophytic fungi for targeted cytotoxicity.

DOI

10.21608/mb.2024.341385

Keywords

Antimicrobial, AgNPs, Aspergillus flavus,, Aspergillus terreus, Cytotoxicity, Endophytic fungi

Authors

First Name

Monga

Last Name

Mossa

MiddleName

Ibrahim

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Arish University, Arish 45511, North Sinai, Egypt.

Email

monga.ibrahim@aru.edu.eg

City

Arish city

Orcid

0000-0002-8267-4388

First Name

Sara

Last Name

Gezaf

MiddleName

Atef

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Arish University, Arish 45511, North Sinai, Egypt.

Email

m.gzaf2015@gmail.com

City

Arish

Orcid

0000-0001-8951-1867

First Name

Amira

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Arish University, Arish 45511, North Sinai, Egypt.

Email

amiranasreldeen@sci.aru.edu.eg

City

Arish

Orcid

0000-0002-5904-9736

First Name

Hend

Last Name

Hamedo

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Arish University, Arish 45511, North Sinai, Egypt.

Email

h.abdelhamid@aru.edu.eg

City

Arish city

Orcid

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Volume

8

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

44507

Issue Date

2023-12-01

Receive Date

2023-12-26

Publish Date

2024-02-14

Page Start

57

Page End

73

Print ISSN

2357-0326

Online ISSN

2357-0334

Link

https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/article_341385.html

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https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=341385

Order

341,385

Type

Original Article

Type Code

502

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Microbial Biosystems

Publication Link

https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Preliminary screening of endophytic fungi hosted some wild plants in North Sinai for biogenic production of silver nanoparticles

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Article

Created At

23 Dec 2024