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Table 3
Use of genetic engineering in microbial nanobiosynthesis
Microorganisms
Nanomaterials
Genetic tools
Results
References
Alishewanella
WH16-1
Se(0) NPs Cr(III) NPs
Disruption of csrF
gene
Identification of a novel
aerobic selenite reductase
Xia et al. (2018)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
CdSe QDs
Silencing of met6
gene
Identification of the role of
MET6 methionine
synthase
Shao et al. (2018)
Overexpression of met6
gene
Increasing in CdSe QDs
production yield
Pichia pastoris
AgNPs
SeNPs
Overexpression of cyb5r
gene
Stable production of
spherical NPs
Elahian et al. (2017)
AuNPs
PdNPs
Biosynthesis of
monodispersed spherical
NPs
Elahian et al. (2020)
Escherichia coli
116AR
AgNPs
Deletion mutation in napC
gene
Identification of the role of
NapC subunit of the
periplasmic nitrate
reductase
Lin et al. (2014)
Escherichia coli
R189
CdS NPs
Co-overexpression of pcs
gene from
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
and
gshi
gene
Biosynthesis of CdS NPs
Kang et al. (2008)
Escherichia coli
DH5α
CdSeZn
PrGd
CdCs
FeCoNPs
Co-expression of atPCS
genes from
Arabidopsis thaliana
and ppMT
gene from Pseudomonas putida
Biosynthesis of NPs never
obtained before using
chemical methods
Park et al. (2010)
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