Abstract
Green chemistry approaches in nanotechnology have gained prominence nowadays. In the present study, Sodium Selenite was reduced to stable selenium nanoparticles by Streptomyces sp. (M10A65) isolated from magnesite soil samples of Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India. The selenium nanoparticles (Se-NPs) synthesis was enhanced by optimizing the enzyme production by adapting central composite design. The protein present in the crude culture filtrate was characterized and molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be ∼97 kDa. Actinobacterially synthesized Se-NPs (20–150 nm), were characterized by spectral, diffraction, microscopic studies and it exhibited good antibacterial, synergistic, larvicidal, and anthelminthic activity. The present study concludes that the extremophilic Streptomyces sp. M10A65 was the most suitable candidate for Se-NPs synthesis with diverse biological applications.
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