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Baker’s Yeast-Mediated Silver Nanoparticles: Characterisation and Antimicrobial Biogenic Tool for Suppressing Pathogenic Microbes

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Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were biosynthesised in the current work using cells extract from yeast strain (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as a clean and good for the environment technique. UV–Vis, XRD, FTIR, TEM, and DLS were used to identify the biosynthesised AgNPs. The Ag particles had a spherical structure, with sizes ranging from 3 to 60 nm. Functional groups matching to metabolites of yeast cells are discovered in FTIR investigations on NPs reducing and stabilising the Ag nanoparticle. Biosynthesised AgNPs were tested for antimicrobial effectiveness versus pathogens. AgNPs showed interesting antimicrobial action towards pathogens (E. coli, P. aeruginosa, B. subtilis, S. aureus, and C. albicans) with a minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of AgNPs against S. aureus and C. albicans was 12.5 µg/mL, while was 25 µg/mL against E. coli, P. aeruginosa, and B. subtilis. Finally, the biosynthesised AgNPs derived from baker’s yeast cells show promise as a safe antibacterial agent towards microbes. The biosynthesised AgNPs formed using baker’s yeast cells have antibacterial properties, making them valuable in disease biocontrol and medicine.

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Salem, S.S. Baker’s Yeast-Mediated Silver Nanoparticles: Characterisation and Antimicrobial Biogenic Tool for Suppressing Pathogenic Microbes. BioNanoSci. 12, 1220–1229 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12668-022-01026-5

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