Introduction

Nanotechnology has been established as a new interdisciplinary science that refers to a field of science and engineering dedicated to materials of dimensions sizing from 1–100 nm[1]. Nanoscience and has the facility to make available explanations to the humanity in different parts like the environment challenges viz. water management, defensible chemical manufacture etc. as well as in fields like medicine, solar energy renovation etc. Commonly, the methods used for the preparation of metal nanoparticles can be clustered into two different types Top-down or Bottom-up.Breaking a wall down into its components–the bricks, characterizes the Top-down attitude[2].

Silver as a disin-fectant has (empirically) been used for several millennia[3, 4], and implanted as salt or nano-systems (colloids) during the 1960s, primarily for wound treatment [5]. However, comprehensive research on the antibacterial action ofsilver nanoparticles emerged around 2004 and rose exponentially.Nano-silver systems present several advantages that makethem very interesting for a use as antimicrobial agents.Nanoparticles are now considered a viable alternative to antibiotics and seem to have a high potentialto solve the problem of the emergence of bacterial multidrug resistance [6]. In particular, silvernanoparticles have attracted much attention in the scientific field [7,8]. Silver has alwaysbeen used against various diseases; in the past it found use as an antiseptic and antimicrobial againstGram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria due to its low cytotoxicity [9]. Silver nanoparticles wereconsidered, in recent years, particularly attractive for the production of a new class ofantimicrobials [10] opening up a completely new way to combat a wide range of bacterialpathogens. Although the highly antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles has been widely described, theirmechanism of action is yet to be fully elucidated.Therefore, in this study theeffect of commercially silver nanoparticles was investigated against E.coli. 

Experimental

Silver Nanoparticles with particle size of 45 nmwas purchased from US Research Nanomaterials (US-Nano). Nanoparticleswassuspended in distilled water and sonicated for 20minutes before use. The suspension of silver nanoparticles was studied by dynamic light scattering (DLS) to confirm nano-silver colloid. Concentrations rangingfrom 1% and3% were prepared.The Muller-Hinton was used to culture thebacteria and the AmpicillinandAmoxicillin antibiotics were used to study for their resistancepattern according to Disk Diffusionmethod.The Bacteria were cultured in Muller-HintonMedium and Antibiogram disks of 1% and 3% ofsilver nanopartilces were prepared according todisk diffusion test. The diskswere placed over the media and incubated at37°C for 24 hours.

Results and discussions

The suspension of silver nanoparticles was studied by DLS analysis to confirm nano-silver colloid. Figure 1 shows particle-size distributions of the silver nanoparticles using dynamic light scattering (DLS). Nanoparticles exhibit strong inhibiting effects towards a broadened spectrum of bacterial strains.For testing the silver nanoparticles susceptibilities of E. coli, we used disc diffusion assay. As it is evidence from theresults,cells were highly sensitive to all tested concentration of silver nanoparticles, which was also confirmed from thesize of the zone of inhibition. Silver nanoparticles have been found to be a strong bactericidal compound, although not asmuch as the established antibacterial compound but can be studied for superficial application as wellas for combinational therapies.Inhibition zone measurements show that byincreasing the concentration of silver nanoparticles, theinhibition zone also increased (Table 1).

Figure 1: A particle size distribution histogram of silver nanowires Click here to View figure

Table 1: Disc diffusion of silver nanoparticles against E. coli

Conclusions

Silver nanoparticles display inhibitory effect on the growth of E. coli strain which was confirmed by above parameters.Thereforesilver nanoparticles can be considered as effective antibacterial compound, but not as much as the establishedcompound such as ampicillin. As they are eco-friendly, so the antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles can befurther explored in future on other bacterial strains, so that these nanoparticles can be used in several industrial andmedical applications.

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