Nano-managing silver and zinc as bio-conservational approach against pathogens of the honey bee
Riaz Hussaina, Murtaza Hasanb c d✉, Khalid Javed Iqbale, Ayesha Zafarb f, Tuba Tariqb, Muhammad Saqib Saifb, Shahbaz Gul Hassang, Xugang Shud h✉, Giovanni Capriolii j✉, Syed Ishtiaq Anjuma k✉
- aDepartment of Zoology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat 26000, Pakistan
- bDepartment of Biotechnology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
- cSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, PR China. Electronic address: murtaza@iub.edu.pk
- dSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, PR China
- eDepartment of Zoology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
- fDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Future Technology, Peking University, PR China
- gSchool of Information Technology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, PR China
- hSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, PR China. Electronic address: xgshu@21cn.com
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Abstract
Herein, silver and zinc oxide Nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by using W. coagulant fruit extract as reducing agent and capping agent. The green synthesized NP with distinct properties were used for novel application against fungal and bacterial pathogen of honey bee (A. mellifera). The UV-spectroscopy confirms the synthesis of silver and zinc oxide NPs at 420nm and 350nm respectively. Further, XRD evaluated the monoclinic structure of Ag NPs while ZnO NPs showed wurtzite hexagonalcrystlized structure. Resistant honey bee pathogens such Paenibacilluslarvae, Melissococcus plutonius and Ascosphaera apis were isolated, identified and cultured in vitro to assess the antimicrobial potentials of Ag and ZnO NPs. Additionally, different biomolecules provide access to achieve maximum and stable Ag and ZnO NPs. It was also observed that with increasing the concentration of zinc oxide NPs and sliver NPs, zone of inhibition was also increased. Thus, present findings show that plant extracts can be a useful natural resource to prepare functional nonmaterial for targeted applications especially in the field of apicultural research.
TL;DRFindings show that plant extracts can be a useful natural resource to prepare functional nonmaterial for targeted applications especially in the field of apicultural research. (Semantic Scholar)