Effect of Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles on the Properties of Chemically Modified Agave tequilana Weber var. Azul Fibers

Table 4

Antibacterial activity of biosynthesized AgNPs using plant extracts against different bacterial strains.

Plant resource	AgNP morphology	Bacterial strains tested	Preferentially inhibited bacteria	Reference
Banana peel	Spherical	E. coli (Gn); P. aeruginosa (Gn); B. subtilis (Gp); S. aureus (Gp)	E. coli (Gn); P. aeruginosa (Gn)	[35]
Tectona grandis seeds	Spherical	B. cereus (Gp); S. aureus (Gp); E. coli (Gn)	E. coli (Gn)	[37]
Thymus kotschyanus plant	Spherical	S. aureus (Gp); B. subtilis (Gp); E. coli (Gn); P. aeruginosa (Gn)	E. coli (Gn) P. aeruginosa (Gn)	[46]
Boerhaavia diffusa plant	Spherical	A. hydrophila (Gn); P. fluorescens (Gn); F. branchiophilum (Gn)	F. branchiophilum (Gn)	[47]
Moringa oleifera leaf	Spherical	S. aureus (Gp); E. faecalis (Gp); E. coli (Gn); K. pneumoniae (Gn); P. aeruginosa (Gn)	E. coli (Gn); K. pneumoniae (Gn)	[31]

Gn: gram negative; Gp: gram positive.