Termiticidal activity of mycosynthesized silver nanoparticles from Aspergillus fumigatus BTCB15
Keywords:
Aspergillus fumigatus: silver nanoparticles: termites: Wood Protection.
Abstract
Termites, due to their feeding behavior are exceedingly disastrous to the community affecting not only the infrastructure of buildings but also responsible in converting fields into barren lands. Though insecticides are used to control termites but it is not an ecofriendly approach. In the current study silver nano particles were produced from Aspergillus fumigatus BTCB10 and its effect was observed in controlling termites. Feeder blocks were treated with different concentrations (0.1, 1, 5, 10 and 15ppm) of nanoparticles and fed to the subterranean termites of Coptotermes sp. for two weeks. Among all the concentrations used 15ppm was the most effective in which 100 % mortality was achieved on the 9th day and the mean weight loss of block was 3.3% as compared to control in which it was 32.2%. Among all the concentrations used 0.1 ppm treated blocks were also affected by fungus which showed that higher concentrations were also effective in inhibiting fungal growth. Conclusively, this study showed that mycosynthesized silver nanoparticles are very effective protecting the wood from damaging not only from termite but also from wood deteriorating fungus. Further study should be undertaken to bring this approach at commercial scale.
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Raheman, F., Deshmukh, S., Ingle, A., Gade, A., and Rai, M. (2011). Silver nanoparticles: novel antimicrobial agent synthesized from an endophytic fungus Pestalotia sp. isolated from leaves of Syzygium cumini (L). Nano Biomedicine and Engineering 3, 174-178. https://dio.org/10.5101/nbe.v3i3.p174-178.
Rai, M., Yadav, A., and Gade, A. (2009). Silver nanoparticles as a new generation of antimicrobials. Biotechnology Advances 27, 76-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2008.09.002
Ranjbar Navazi, Z., Pazouki, M., and Halek, F. S. (2010). Investigation of culture conditions for biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using Aspergillus fumigatus. Iranian Journal of Biotechnology 8, 56-61.
Saha, S., Sarkar, J., Chattopadhyay, D., Patra, S., Chakraborty, A., and Acharya, K. (2010). Production of silver nanoparticles by a phytopathogenic fungus Bipolaris nodulosa and its antimicrobial activity. Digest Journal of Nanomaterials and Biostructures 5, 887-895.
Serrano-Niño, J., Contreras-Martínez, C., Solis-Pacheco, J., Zamudio-Ojeda, A., Aguilar-Uscanga, B., & Cavazos-Garduño, A. (2019). Optimization of the byosynthesis of gold nanoparticles using Hypericum perforatum and evaluation of their antimicrobial activity. Revista Mexicana De Ingeniería Química, 19, 889-902. https://doi.org/10.24275/rmiq/Bio790
Shaligram, N. S., Bule, M., Bhambure, R., Singhal, R. S., Singh, S. K., Szakacs, G., and Pandey, A. (2009). Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using aqueous extract from the compactin producing fungal strain. Process Biochemistry 44, 939-943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2009.04.009
Shiny, K., Sundararaj, R., Mamatha, N. and Lingappa, B. (2019). A new approach to wood protection: Preliminary study of biologically synthesized copper oxide nanoparticle formulation as an environmental friendly wood protectant against decay fungi and termites. Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología 21, 347-356. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-221X2019005000307
Singh, P., and Raja, R. B. (2011). Biological synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles using the fungus Trichoderma harzianum. Asian Journal of Experimental Biological Sciences 2, 600-605.
Singh, T., and Singh, A. P. (2012). A review on natural products as wood protectant. Wood Science and Technology 46, 851-870. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-011-0448-5
Su, N. Y. (2002). Novel technologies for subterranean termite control. Sociobiology 40, 95-102.
Terzi, E., Kartal, S. N., Yılgör, N., Rautkari, L., and Yoshimura, T. (2016). Role of various nano-particles in prevention of fungal decay, mold growth and termite attack in wood, and their effect on weathering properties and water repellency. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 107, 77-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2015.11.010
Vahabi, K., Mansoori, G. A., and Karimi, S. (2011). Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles by fungus Trichoderma reesei (a route for large-scale production of AgNPs). Insciences 1, 65-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.5640/insc.010165
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Verma, V. C., Kharwar, R. N., and Gange, A. C. (2010). Biosynthesis of antimicrobial silver nanoparticles by the endophytic fungus Aspergillus clavatus. Nanomedicine 5, 33-40. https://doi.org/10.2217/nnm.09.77
Vigneshwaran, N., Ashtaputre, N. M., Varadarajan, P. V., Nachane, R. P., Paralikar, K. M., and Balasubramanya, R. H. (2007). Biological synthesis of silver nanoparticles using the fungus Aspergillus flavus. Materials Letters 61, 1413-1418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2006.07.042
Zheng, Y., Wang, Z., Peng, F. and Fu, L. (2017). Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles by Plectranthus amboinicus leaf extract and their catalytic activity towards methylene blue degradation. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniería Química 16, 41-45.
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2020-01-15
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Iqtedar, M., Mirza, N., Aihetasham, A., Iftikhar, S., Kaleem, A., & Abdullah, R. (2020). Termiticidal activity of mycosynthesized silver nanoparticles from Aspergillus fumigatus BTCB15. Revista Mexicana De Ingeniería Química, 19(3), 1201-1211. https://doi.org/10.24275/rmiq/Bio1022
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