Solanum tuberosum-Based Biosynthesis of Ag/Mn3O4 Nanocomposite for Inhibition of Indian Critical and High-priority Pathogen Listed Bacteria
摘要
Roughly spherical-shaped MnO₂ nanoparticles (NPs; 1–5.5 nm), Ag/AgO/Ag₂O NPs (4–18 nm), and Ag/Mn₃O₄ nanocomposites (6–24 nm) were biosynthesised and evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against critical and high-priority bacterial pathogens listed in the Indian Priority-Pathogen List, along with common antibiotic-resistant waterborne bacteria. Antimicrobial efficacy was assessed using disc-diffusion and growth-curve assays against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Bacillus cereus, Vibrio cholerae, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Proteus mirabilis. MnO₂ NPs did not exhibit antimicrobial activity against any of the eight tested strains. In contrast, Ag/AgO/Ag₂O NPs inhibited six of the eight strains, showing a maximum zone of inhibition (ZOI) of 5.3 ± 0.6 mm against S. aureus. The Ag/Mn₃O₄ nanocomposite demonstrated superior antimicrobial performance, inhibiting all eight bacterial strains with greater efficacy than Ag/AgO/Ag₂O NPs, and produced a maximum ZOI of 6.7 ± 0.6 mm against P. aeruginosa. For B. cereus, both nanomaterials exhibited minimum inhibitory concentrations of 2 ng/µL and IC₅₀ values of 0.7 ng/µL; however, the minimum bactericidal concentration for Ag/AgO/Ag₂O NPs was 4 ng/µL. Haemocompatibility analysis revealed that the non-haemolytic concentrations for Ag/AgO/Ag₂O, MnO₂, and Ag/Mn₃O₄ nanomaterials were 0.01, 1.0, and 0.1 µg/µL, respectively, while the haemolytic concentrations (HC₁₀) values for Ag/AgO/Ag₂O and Ag/Mn₃O₄ were 0.3 and 0.6 µg/µL, respectively.
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