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Category
Organism
ENP
Salient findings
References
TiO
2 (10–20 nm)
Post 7 days exposure at 0.1–5 g kg
−1
dry soil, BSAF was 0.01–0.02
(kg dry soil per kg wet biomass)
Hu et al. (2010)
ZnO (10–20 nm)
Post 7 days exposure at 0.1–5 g kg
−1
dry soil, BSAF was 0.01–0.37
(kg dry soil per kg wet biomass)
Hu et al. (2010)
Hydrophilic/amphiphilic
coating of AgNP
(30–50 nm)
At 10–1000 mg per dry soil of ionic or particulate Ag, ionic Ag
was more accumulated than particulate Ag
Shoults-Wilson et al.
(2011)
Citrate-coated AuNPs (20
and 55 nm)
After 28 days exposure to 5, 20, and 50 mg Au per kg dry soil,
particulate AuNP was absorbed into earthworm tissue
Unrine et al. (2010)
Isopods
(Porcellio
scaber)
TiO
2 (<25 nm)
At 5 mg g
−1
food, NP internalization into gut epithelial cells
occurred because of cell membrane disruption
Novak et al. (2012)
ZnO (<100 nm)
Post 28 d exposure to ZnO at 6.2 and 2.5 g ZnO per kg dry leaf,
BAF (kg dry leaf per kg dry biomass) was 0.1 and 0.2, respectively
Pipan-Tkalec et al.
(2010)
Table 11.2 (continued)
D. Kundu et al.