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Table 2 Bio-surfactants and or stabilizing agents used during synthesis of silver nanoparticles from various bacterial stains

From: A review on biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles and their biocidal properties

Bacteria

Size and shape

Biosurfactants and or stabilizing agent

Key references

Pseudomonas aeruginosa BS-161R

15.1 ± 5.8 nm; spherical

Rhamnolipids

Kumar et al. [150]

Brevibacterium casei MSA19

–

Biosurfactant

Kiran et al. [151]

Bacillus cereus NK1

50–80 nm; spherical

URAK (a fibrinolytic enzyme)

Deepak et al. [152]

Gluconacetobacter xylinum

5–40 nm

Cellulose

Liu et al. [153]

Streptomyces coelicolor

28–50 nm; irregular

Actinorhodin pigment

Manikprabhu and Lingappa [154]

Bacillus subtilis MSBN 17

60; spherical

Bioflocculant

Sathiyanarayanan et al. [155]

Salmonella typhimurium

3–11 nm

Flagellin

Gopinathan et al. [156]

Bacillus athrophaeus

5–30 nm; polydispersed

Spores

Hosseini-Abari et al. [157]

Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG ATCC 53103

2–15 nm; spherical, triangular, rod-shaped and hexagonal

Exopolysaccharide

Kanmani and Lim [158]

Nostoc commune

15–54 nm; spherical

Extracellular polysaccharide/matrix

Morsy et al. [159]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1.13 nm; spherical

Biosurfactant

Farias et al. [160]

Ochrobactrum rhizosphaerae

10 nm; spherical

Glycolipoprotein

Gahlawat et al. [161]

Gordonia amicalis HS-11

5–25 nm; spherical

Glycolipid

Sowani et al. [162]

Bacillus subtilis

–

Surfactin

Mendrek et al. [163]