@ARTICLE{Yaseen_Rabaa_The_2020,
 author={Yaseen, Rabaa and Kotp, Yousra and Eissa, Doaa},
 number={No 46},
 pages={216-228},
 journal={Journal of Water and Land Development},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2020},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Technology and Life Sciences - National Research Institute},
 abstract={In the present work, the dried biomass of soil isolated fungus Eurotium cristatum was used for synthesizing silver na-noparticles (AgNPs). The synthesized AgNPs were spherical in shape with average diameter of 16.56 nm and displayed maximum absorbance at 418. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) study indicated the presence and binding of proteins with myco-produced silver nanoparticles. The optimum conditions for AgNPs biosynthesis were found to be at temperature of 40°C, pH of 8.0, substrate concentration of 500 ppm and fungal biomass wt. of 0.8 g. The AgNPs showed antibacterial ac-tivity against Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli and Shigella flexneri. AgNPs was built-in thin film nanocomposite (TFNC) membrane and the impacts of nanomaterial composition on membrane properties and de-salination process were studied. The AgNPs produced membrane TFNC had better filtration performances than pure thin film composite membrane TFC. The TFNC membrane had enhanced water flux (32.0 vs. 16.5 dm3∙m–2∙h–1) and advanced NaCl rejection (91.7 vs. 89%) compared to the TFC membrane. A pot experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of the irrigation with desalinated water on yield and productivity of essential oil of the sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) and lavender (Lavandula multifida L.). The irrigation with desalinated water reduced significantly the soil reaction, soil electri-cal conductivity (EC), sodium adsorption ratio and exchangeable sodium percent in rhizospheric soil, it also enhanced the growth and oil yield of both plants compared with those irrigated with salt water.},
 type={Article},
 title={The impact of production of silver nanoparticles using soil fungi and its applications for reducing irrigation water salinity},
 URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/117298/PDF/Yaseen%20et%20al%20646.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/jwld.2020.134216},
 keywords={antimicrobial activity, dehydrogenase, mycoynthesized nano-silver, nitrate reductase, reverse osmosis, soil salinity, water desalination},
}