Impact of Biogenic and Chemogenic Selenium Nanoparticles on Model Eukaryotic Lipid Membranes.

ABSTRACT: Microbial nanotechnology is an expanding research area devoted to producing biogenic metal and metalloid nanomaterials (NMs) using microorganisms. Often, biogenic NMs are explored as antimicrobial, anticancer, or antioxidant agents. Yet, most studies focus on their applications rather than the underlying mechanism of action or toxicity. Here, we evaluate the toxicity of our well-characterized biogenic selenium nanoparticles (bSeNPs) produced by the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain SeITE02 against the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae comparing it with chemogenic SeNPs (cSeNPs). Knowing from previous studies that the biogenic extract contained bSeNPs in an organic material (OM) and supported here by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, we removed and incubated it wit

SUBMITTER: Piacenza E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10399287 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature