[Formation of Ag/AgCl Nanoparticles in the Matrix of the Exopolysaccharide of a Diazotrophic Strain Azotobacter chroococcum XU1]

Mikrobiologiia. 2017 Mar-Apr;86(2):182-7.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

A complex of Ag/AgCl nanoparticles was synthesized on the basis of the extracellular polysaccharide of Azotobacter chroococcum XU1 and 10 mM AgNO3 solution. The complex was characterized by UV spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and scanning electron microscopy. Colloidal solutions of the complex had absorption peaks at 260 and 420 nm, indicating the formation Ag/AgCl nanoparticles. The size of the nanoparticles varied from 6 to 50 nm. The nanobiocomposite consisting of the exopolysaccharide matrix and Ag/AgCl nanoparticles exhibited a fungicidal effect against such plant pathogens as Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum and Verticillium dahliae.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Azotobacter / chemistry*
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial / chemistry*
  • Silver / chemistry*
  • Silver Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial
  • Silver Compounds
  • Silver
  • silver chloride