Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles by Microorganisms and Their Applications

Table 1

Metal nanoparticles synthesized by microorganisms.

Microorganisms	Products	Culturing temperature (°C)	Size (nm)	Shape	Location	References
Sargassum wightii	Au	Not available	8–12	planar	Extracellular	[20]
Rhodococcus sp.	Au	37	5–15	spherical	Intracellular	[16]
Shewanella oneidensis	Au	30	12±5	spherical	Extracellular	[21]
Plectonemaboryanum	Au	25–100	<10–25	cubic	Intracellular	[17]
Plectonema boryanum UTEX 485	Au	25	10 nm–6 μm	octahedral	Extracellular	[18]
Candida utilis	Au	37	Not available	Not available	Intracellular	[22]
V. luteoalbum	Au	37	Not available	Not available	Intracellular	[22]
Escherichia coli	Au	37	20–30	Triangles, hexagons	Extracellular	[23]
Yarrowia lipolytica	Au	30	15	Triangles	Extracellular	[24]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Au	37	15–30	Not available	Extracellular	[25]
Rhodopseudomonas capsulate	Au	30	10–20	Spherical	Extracellular	[26]
Shewanella algae	Au	25	10–20	Not available	Intracellular	[27]
Brevibacterium casei	Au, Ag	37	10–50	Spherical	Intracellular	[37]
Trichoderma viride	Ag	27	5–40	Spherical	Extracellular	[31]
Phaenerochaete chrysosporium	Ag	37	50–200	Pyramidal	Extracellular	[39]
Bacillus licheniformis	Ag	37	50	Not available	Extracellular	[40]
Escherichia coli	Ag	37	50	Not available	Extracellular	[41]
Corynebacterium glutamicum	Ag	30	5–50	Irregular	Extracellular	[42]
Trichoderma viride	Ag	10–40	2–4	Not available	Extracellular	[43]
Ureibacillus thermosphaericus	Au	60–80	50–70	Not available	Extracellular	[44]
Bacillus cereus	Ag	37	4-5	Spherical	Intracellular	[45]
Aspergillus flavus	Ag	25	8.92±1.61	Spherical	Extracellular	[34]
Aspergillus fumigatus	Ag	25	5–25	Spherical	Extracellular	[35]
Verticillium sp.	Ag	25	25±8	Spherical	Extracellular	[36]
Fusarium oxysporum	Ag	25	5–50	Spherical	Extracellular	[36]
Neurospora crassa	Au, Au/Ag	28	32, 20–50	Spherical	Intracellular, extracellular	[38]
Shewanella algae	Pt	25	5	Not available	Intracellular	[49]
Enterobacter sp	Hg	30	2–5	Spherical	Intracellular	[50]
Shewanella sp	Se	30	181±40	Spherical	Extracellular	[55]
Escherichia coli	CdTe	37	2.0–3.2	Spherical	Extracellular	[56]
yeast	Au/Ag	30	9–25	Irregular polygonal	Extracellular	[47]
Fusarium oxysporum	Au-Ag alloy	25	8–14	Spherical	Extracellular	[46]
Pyrobaculum islandicum	U(VI), Tc(VII), Cr(VI), Co(III), Mn(IV)	100	N/A	Spherical	Extracellular	[51]
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans	Pd	25	50	Spherical	Extracellular	[52]