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Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Rhodobacter Sphaeroides

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The use of microorganisms in the synthesis of nanoparticles emerges as an eco-friendly and exciting approach. In this study, silver nanoparticles were successfully synthesized from AgNO3 by reduction of aqueous Ag+ ions with the cell filtrate of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Nanoparticles were characterized by means of UV–vis absorption spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). Crystalline nature of the nanoparticles in the fcc structure are confirmed by the peaks in the XRD pattern corresponding to (111), (200), (220) and (311) planes, bright circular spots in the selected are a electron diffraction (SAED) and clear lattice fringes in the high-resolution TEM image. Also, the size of silver nanoparticles was controlled by the specific activity of nitrate reductase in the cell filtrate.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial supports from the Shanxi Province Postdoctoral Science Foundation, the Provincial Key Technology R&D Program of Shanxi Province, China (No. 20080311027-1), the Eighth Youth Innovation Science Fund Program of China North Industries Group Corportion.

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  1. Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China

    Hong-Juan Bai & Bin-Sheng Yang

  2. Chemical Industry and Ecology Institute, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, China

    Hong-Juan Bai, Chun-Jing Chai, Wan-Li Jia & Zhi-Ben Yi

  3. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, China

    Guan-E. Yang

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Bai, HJ., Yang, BS., Chai, CJ. et al. Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Rhodobacter Sphaeroides . World J Microbiol Biotechnol 27, 2723–2728 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-011-0747-x

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