Optimization for biogenic microbial synthesis of silver nanoparticles through response surface methodology, characterization, their antimicrobial, antioxidant, and catalytic potential

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 770 - 18
• Main Authors: Ibrahim, Saba, Ahmad, Zahoor, Manzoor, Muhammad Zeeshan, Mujahid, Muhammad, Faheem, Zahra, Adnan, Ahmad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 12.01.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/638; 639/638/224; 639/638/45; 639/638/60; 639/638/77; 639/925; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antimicrobial agents; Antioxidants; Antioxidants - pharmacology; Bacillus cereus; Bacillus cereus - drug effects; Bacillus cereus - growth & development; Bacillus cereus - metabolism; Catalysis; E coli; Fourier transforms; Heavy metals; Humanities and Social Sciences; Inoculum; Metal Nanoparticles - chemistry; multidisciplinary; Multidrug resistance; Nanoparticles; Particle Size; pH effects; Scanning electron microscopy; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Silver; Silver - chemistry; Silver - metabolism; Soil contamination; Soil pollution; Soil temperature; Spectrometry; Sulfonic acid; X-Ray Diffraction

Silver is a poisonous but precious heavy metal that has widespread application in various biomedical and environmental divisions. Wide-ranging usage of the metal has twisted severe environmental apprehensions. Henceforth there is a cumulative call for the progress of modest, low-cost and, the ecolog...