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The Impact of Silver Nanoparticles Produced by Bacillus pumilus As Antimicrobial and Nematicide

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2016
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Title
The Impact of Silver Nanoparticles Produced by Bacillus pumilus As Antimicrobial and Nematicide
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Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2016
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01746
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Wael M. Mahmoud, Tamer S. Abdelmoneim, Ahmed M. Elazzazy

Abstract

This study evaluates the potential application of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as antimicrobial or nematicidal agents produced by the extremophile Bacillus pumilus, which was isolated from the alkaline Wadi El-Natrun Lake in Egypt. The AgNPs were characterized by ultraviolet-visible absorption spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy. The size of AgNPs formed ranged from 20.12 to 29.48 nm. Panagrellus redivivus was exposed to different concentrations (0, 50, 100, 150, and 200 μg/mL) of AgNPs in a 5 mL nematode suspension (1 × 10(3) mL(-1)). The best result occurred at AgNP concentrations of 150 and 200 μg/mL, with death rates of 80 and 91%, respectively, following 48 h of exposure. AgNPs also exhibited potent antimicrobial properties when using Gram-negative and Gram-positive human pathogens, with MIC and MBC values of 5 and 10 μg/mL, respectively. These laboratory assays prove that biologically synthesized AgNPs are an ecofriendly material that can be used in lieu of solvents or toxic chemicals.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 55 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 18%
Researcher 6 11%
Student > Master 5 9%
Student > Bachelor 4 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 4%
Other 8 15%
Unknown 20 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 24%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 11%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 2 4%
Environmental Science 2 4%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 4%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 23 42%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 October 2022.
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#14,462,364
of 24,677,985 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Microbiology
#11,031
of 28,092 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#167,788
of 318,593 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Microbiology
#213
of 433 outputs
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