A lecturers from the Pathology Department at College of Science, Dr. Mohannad Khalaf, Dr. Aphrodite Abdul Razzaq Saleh and researcher Alia Muhammad Abdul Latif participated in the activities of the Second International Conference on Pathological Analysis, which was held at the College of Science at Basrah University for the period November 24-25, 2021, where they presented Scientific research entitled “Evaluated antifungal effect of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles from Clavispora lusitaniae on some candida spp. causing denture stomatitis” The objectives of the present study were to investigate the extracellular synthesis of AgNPs supernatant use of Clavispora lusitaniae isolated from the oral cavity and assessment of the anti-candida activity of fungal AgNPs against Candida spp. using well agar diffusion methods and microdilution methods by determining the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), and minimum fungicide Concentration (MFC).
The current study showed that yeasts such as Clavispora lusitaniae were used in the biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles, the study proved that it is safe, environmentally friendly and inexpensive. Several tests were conducted to confirm the formation of silver nanoparticles such as UV, SEM, XRD and FTIR. The biological efficacy of silver nanoparticles against Candida spp. that causing stomatitis- was investigated.
