Surface-modified sulfur nanoparticles: An effective antifungal agent against Aspergillus niger and Fusarium oxysporum

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 733-743

  Roy Choudhury, Samrat ^a   Ghosh, Mahua ^b   Mandal, Amrita ^c   Chakravorty, Dipankar ^c   Pal, Moumita ^b   Pradhan, Saheli ^a   Goswami, Arunava ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Aspergillus niger; Elemental sulfur; Fusarium oxysporum; Sulfur nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DIFFERENT SIZES; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FUNGAL GROWTH; FUNGAL STRAINS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUMS; INHIBITORY EFFECT; LIQUID PHASE PRECIPITATION; PEG-400; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIAL GROWTH; STARTING MATERIALS; SURFACE MODIFICATION; SURFACE STABILIZING AGENTS; SURFACE TOPOLOGY; SURFACE-MODIFIED; THERMAL STABILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ASPERGILLUS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BIOASSAY; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYSULFIDES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; SULFUR; SURFACES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; NANOPARTICLE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SULFUR NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOSPHOLIPID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM; SPECTROSCOPY; SPORULATION; SULFIDE; SULFUR; TOPOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPOROGENESIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUSARIUM; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SULFUR; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM;

EID: 79954972026     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3142-5     Document Type: Article

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