AbstractAmong the various green synthesis methods for nanoparticle synthesis, the honey-mediated green synthesis of nanoparticles is a fast, safe, biocompatible, and cost-effective method. In the present work, we demonstrate the sunlight-induced honey-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and report the effect of light intensity, its color, and exposure time on the formation of nanoparticles. The visual inspection followed by UV-Vis spectral studies was performed to confirm the formation of silver nanoparticles. The HRTEM measurement confirms the formation of polydispersed silver particles. We further report the excellent antimicrobial activity of the synthesized nanoparticles against various strains of bacteria, which is found to be comparable to that of the antibiotic drug of choice. Our study points to further research on the possibility of considering these green synthesized silver nanoparticles as an alternative to antibiotics.
Pseudomonas species were isolated from water and soil samples from Kothamangalam area. All of the isolates were multidrug resistant showing resistance against 3 to 9 of the antibiotics tested.Vancomycin resistancewas most common with beta lactam resistance. Klebsiella was the most abundant isolate showing maximum resistance. The presence of ampC in plasmid was determined by PCR amplification with ampC specific primers. It was concluded that all the isolates possessed plasmid mediated ampicillin resistance.
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