Authors: Bama Krishnan Sundrarajan Mahalingam
Publish Date: 2016/11/17
Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 275-284
Abstract
Manganese oxide/bentonite clay nanocomposite was synthesized by facile thermal decomposition method which was characterized by various analysis methods such as Xray diffraction fourier transform infrared spectroscopy scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive analysis of Xray spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy analysis Selected area electron diffraction patterns were in good agreement with the XRD results Antimicrobial studies test were investigated via welldiffusion and potato dextrose agar method antimicrobial activity of the pristine sodium bentonite clay and prepared sample of Mn3O4/BC nanocomposite were reported against a Gramnegative Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Grampositive Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis bacterial and fungal Candida albicans pathogens The results showed that nanocomposite of Mn3O4/BC have enhanced the antimicrobial activity than pristine Na+–BC
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