International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

ISSN: 2319-7692 Volume 2 Number 3 (2013) pp.57-64

Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Corynebacterium sp. and its antimicrobial activity

P.Arun1*, V.Shanmugaraju1, J.Renga Ramanujam2, S.Senthil Prabhu2 and E.Kumaran2

1Department of Biotechnology, Dr.N.G.P.Arts and Science College, Coimbatore- 641 048, 2Department of Microbiology, Dr.N.G.P.Arts and Science College, Coimbatore- 641 048. *Corresponding Author: arunbiotech2000@gmail.com

A B S T R A C T

Nanoparticles are at the leading edge of the rapidly developing field of nanotechnology. The synthesis of nanoparticles of specific size and composition is the burgeoning area in the nanotechnology research. Advances in the field of nanotechnology largely depend on the ability to synthesize nanoparticles of various material sizes and shapes as well as to efficiently assemble them into complex architecture. In this study silver nanoparticles were synthesized using Corynebacterium sp. The formation of silver nanoparticles was confirmed by UV-Visible spectrophotometer and their characterization was done by SEM and EDAX analysis. The antibacterial activity of the synthesized silver nanoparticles was checked against some human pathogenic bacteria.

Keywords

Antibacterial activity; Corynebacterium sp.; EDAX; Silver Nanoparticle; SEM.