Abstracts Book - IMRC 2018

• SB2-P039
PRODUCTION OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES BY YEASTS AND THEIR
ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY
Jesús Daniel Guerra 1 , Miguel Avalos Borja 2,3 , Georgina Sandoval 1
1 CIATEJ, Industrial Biotechnology, Mexico. 2 Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y
Tecnológica, LINAN, Mexico. 3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CNYN, Mexico.
The synthesis of nanoparticles by biological methods has gained importance
because it reduces ecological damage to the environment and / or costs, when
compared to the methods currently used for their production. In this work, two
yeasts were used to produce gold nanoparticles of different morphologies and
their antibacterial activity against E. coli was evaluated.
Acknowledgment:
This work was funded by the National Council of Science and Technology of
Mexico (CONACYT) through project CB-237737. It also provided PhD scholarship
to Jesús Daniel Guerra.
Keywords: Au-NP, Yeasts, Antibacterial
Presenting authors email: gsandoval@ciatej.mx