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Extracellular Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles by the Fungus Fusarium oxysporum
Author(s) -
Mukherjee Priyabrata,
Senapati Satyajyoti,
Mandal Deendayal,
Ahmad Absar,
Khan M. Islam,
Kumar Rajiv,
Sastry Murali
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/1439-7633(20020503)3:5<461::aid-cbic461>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - fusarium oxysporum , fungus , extracellular , colloidal gold , nanoparticle , chemistry , fusarium , aqueous solution , metal ions in aqueous solution , nanotechnology , metal , biochemistry , materials science , botany , biology , organic chemistry
A green chemistry approach to nanoparticle synthesis is the exciting possibility opened up by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum. The fungus (shown in the flask on the left), when exposed to aqueous AuCl 4 − ions, reduces the metal ions; this leads to the extracellular formation of gold nanoparticles (shown in the flask on the right).