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Table 3 Synthesis of some nanoparticles using bacteria
Bacterial species
Metal
Size (nm) Shape
References
Serratia nematodiphila Ag
10–31
Crystalline and
spherical
Malarkodi et al. (2013)
Nocardiopsis sp.
MBRC-1
Ag
45 ± 0.15 Spherical
Manivasagan et al. 2013
Novosphingobium sp.
HG-C3
Ag
8–25
Spherical and
crystalline
Du et al. (2016)
Bacillus safensis LAU
13
Ag–Au 13–80
Spherical
Ojo et al. (2016)
Bacillus safensis LAU
13
Ag
5–95
Spherical
Lateef et al. (2015c)
Kinneretia THG-SQ14 Ag
15–20
Monodisperse, FCC,
spherical
Singh et al. (2016a)
Lactobacillus casei
subsp. Casei
Ag
25–50
Spherical
Korbekandi et al.
(2012)
Acinetobacter
calcoaceticus
Ag
8–12
Spherical
Singh et al. (2013a, b)
Acinetobacter
calcoaceticus
Ag
4–40
Spherical
Gaidhani et al. (2013)
Klebsiella pneumoniae Ag
15–37
Spherical
Duraisamy and Yang
(2013)
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
Ag
8–24
Spherical
Kumar and Mamidyala
(2011a, b)
Stenotrophomonas
maltophilia
Ag
93
Cuboidal
Oves et al. (2013)
Exiguobacterium sp.
Ag
5–50
Spherical
Tamboli and Lee (2013)
Bacillus licheniformis Ag
50
Spherical
Sriram et al. (2012)
Escherichia coli VM1 Ag
10–15
Cuboid
Maharani et al. (2016)
Ochrobactrum sp.
Ag
38–85
Spherical
Thomas et al. (2014)
Escherichia coli
Au
11.8–130 Spherical
Honary et al. (2012)
Escherichia coli
Au
20–30
Hexagonal, Triangle Du et al. (2007)
Escherichia coli
Au
5–20
Spherical
Gopal et al. (2013)
Pseudomonas
fluorescens417
Au
5–50
Spherical
Husseiny et al. (2007)
Thermomonospora sp. Au
2–6
Spherical
Khan and Ahmad
(2014)
Bacillus safensis LAU
13
Au
10–45
Spherical
Ojo et al. (2016)
Shewanella oneidensis Au
12
Spherical
Suresh et al. (2011a, b)