Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles by Microorganisms and Their Applications

Table 3

Sulfide nanoparticles synthesized by microorganisms.

Microorganisms	Products	Culturing temperature (°C)	Size (nm)	Shape	Location	References
Multicellular Prokaryotes	Fe3S4	25	Not available	Not available	Intracellular	[78]
Uncultured Magnetotactic Bacterium	Probably polyphosphate	Not available	Not available	Rectangular	Extracellular	[79]
Rhodopseudomonas palustris	CdS	30	8	Cubic	Intracellular	[80]
Coriolus versicolor	CdS	25	100–200	Spherical	Extracellular	[81]
Lactobacillus	CdS	25–60	4.9±0.2	Spherical	Intracellular	[82]
Yeast	CdS	25–60	3.6±0.2	Spherical	Intracellular	[82]
E. coli	CdS	25	2–5	Wurtzite crystal	Intracellular	[83]
Schizosaccharomyces pombe	CdS	Not available	1–1.5	Hexagonal lattice	Intracellular	[84]
Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Candida glabrata	CdS	Not available	2	Hexagonal lattice	Intracellular	[85]
Rhodobacter sphaeroides	CdS	Not available	8	Hexagonal lattice	Intracellular	[86]
Desulfobacteraceae	CdS	Not available	2–5	Hexagonal lattice	Intracellular	[87]
Rhodobacter sphaeroides	ZnS	Not available	10.5±0.15	Spherical	Extracellular	[88]
Fusarium oxysporum	CdS	Not available	5–20	Spherical	Extracellular	[89]
Sulfate-reducing bacteria	FeS	Not available	2	Spherical	Extracellular	[90]