Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Table 3 Antifungal activity of the Myco-biosynthesized AgNPs using four marine fungal extracts against tested pathogenic yeast and fungi

From: Mycosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using marine fungi and their antimicrobial activity against pathogenic microorganisms

Antifungal Activity (mm)
	C. albicans	C. tropicalis	A. niger	Rhizopus oryzae	Penicillium expansum
Aspergillus terreus
2 mM	Null	Null	Null	10 ± 2^e	10 ± 2^b
5 mM	14 ± 2^a	Null	Null	11 ± 1^cde	11 ± 1^ab
8 mM	12 ± 0^b	11 ± 1^ab	Null	13 ± 0^abc	12 ± 0^a
Penicillium simplicissmum
2 mM	Null	Null	Null	13 ± 2^abc	Null
5 mM	11 ± 2^a	10 ± 1^b	Null	14 ± 1^ab	10 ± 0^b
8 mM	13 ± 1^b	11 ± 0^ab	Null	15 ± 0^a	12 ± 0^a
Aspergillus oryzae
2 mM	Null	Null	Null	11 ± 2^cde	Null
5 mM	14 ± 2^a	12 ± 1^a	Null	12 ± 1^bcd	Null
8 mM	10 ± 0^c	10 ± 2^b	Null	11 ± ^0cde	Null
Aspergillus japonicus
2 mM	Null	Null	Null	Null	Null
5 mM	Null	Null	Null	10 ± 2^de	Null
8 mM	12 ± 0^b	11 ± 1^ab	Null	11 ± 2^bcd	Null

Null no activity. Values are the average of triplicate analyses ± standard deviation. Superscript letters are significantly different at P < 0.05 using Tukey’s HSD (honest significant difference) post hoc test

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