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. 2008 Aug 1;65(1):150-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2008.02.018. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

Biosynthesis of silver nanocrystals by Bacillus licheniformis

Kalishwaralal Kalimuthu  1 , Ramkumarpandian Suresh Babu, Deepak Venkataraman, Mohd Bilal, Sangiliyandi Gurunathan
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Biosynthesis of silver nanocrystals by Bacillus licheniformis

Kalishwaralal Kalimuthu et al. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. .

Abstract

The use of microorganisms for the synthesis of nanoparticles is in the limelight of modern nanotechnology. Using the bacterium Bacillus licheniformis, the biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles was investigated. These silver nanoparticles were characterized by means of UV-vis spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron diffraction spectroscopy (EDX) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The nanoparticles exhibited maximum absorbance at 440 nm in UV-vis spectroscopy. The XRD spectrum of silver nanoparticles exhibited 2theta values corresponding to the silver nanocrystal. SEM micrographs revealed the formation of well-dispersed silver nanoparticles of 50 nm, and the presence of silver was confirmed by EDX analysis.

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