Review Article

Raw Materials Synthesis from Heavy Metal Industry Effluents with Bioremediation and Phytomining: A Biomimetic Resource Management Approach

Table 3

Bacteria-mediated biosynthesis of nanoparticles.

Metal/metal oxideMicroorganismsNanoparticle size (nm)

AuGeobacillus sp. [125] 5–50 
Klebsiella pneumoneae [126]  
Escherichia coli [127, 128] Extracellular  17–32, 5–70 (uniform at 2.2)
Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1 [54]  Extracellular  10–40 
Pseudomonas aeruginosa [129]  Extracellular  15–30 
Rhodopseudomonas capsulate [130]  Extracellular  10–20 
Micrococcus luteus [131]  Extracellular  6 nm and 50 nm
Stenotrophomonas [132]Extracellular marine source 10–50 

AgE.coli [133]    
Lactobacillus sp. [134]  10–25,   
Bacillus licheniformis [135]  2–100  
Streptomyces hygroscopicus (BDUS 49) [136] Live cells from sewage  20–30  
Corynebacterium glutamicum (0) [120]    5–50  
Streptomyces sp. BDUKAS10 [137]  Extracellular   21–48 
Bacillus cereus [138]    4-5 
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens LSSE-62 [139]  Intracellular14.6  
Stenotrophomonas [132]40–60

SeKlebsiella pneumoneae [9, 133]  100–550 
Zooglea ramigera [140]  Extracellular  30–150 
Bacillus subtilis [141]Extracellular50–400

Ag2OLactobacillus mindensis [142]2–20

TiLactobacillus sp. [134]10–70

TiO2Bacillus subtilis [143]66–77, 10–30

Cu2SStreptomyces sp. [144]  100–150 
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans [121]20–30

Zinc nitrateStreptomyces sp. [144]100–150

ZnOCalotropis gigantean [145]  
Lactobacillus sporogenes [146]  5–15 
Lactobacillus plantarum VITES07 [147]  7–19 
Aeromonas hydrophila [148]57.72

CdSRhodopseudomonas [149]Intracellular8.01 ± 0.25