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WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 11, Pages 2207-2211Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-013-1379-0
Keywords
Cylindrocladium floridanum; Gold; Nanoparticles; X-ray techniques; Electron microscopy
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India
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The size and morphology determines the thermodynamic, physical and electronic properties of metal nanoparticles. The extracellular synthesis of gold nanoparticles by fungus, Cylindrocladium floridanum, which acts as a source of reducing and stabilizing agent has been described. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized using techniques such as UV-Vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM). Based on the evidence of HR-TEM, the synthesized particles were found to be spherical with an average size of 19.05 nm. Powder XRD pattern proved the formation of (111)-oriented face-centered cubic crystals of metallic gold. This microbial approach by fungus for the green synthesis of spherical gold nanoparticles has many advantages such as economic viability, scaling up and environment friendliness.
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