Antimicrobial Activity of Biologically Synthesized Gold Nanoparticles from Wild Mushroom Cantharellus Species

To combat the increasing cases of drug resistance is one of the biggest challenges for the scientists all over the world.Thus, development of novel antimicrobial agent has become the need of the hour.Nanotechnology is emerging as the new technology in the field of medical science to overcome such problems.In the present study, the Gold Nanoparticles were synthesized by mycelial extracts of a wild edible mushroom Cantharellus sp.These Nanoparticles were tested for their antibacterial and antifungal properties on a wide range of microorganisms.The nanoparticles showed significant anti bacterial and antifungal property in our study.