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Table 3 Bacteria-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles

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

Bacteria

Size and shape

Location

Key references

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus

8–12 nm; spherical

Extracellular

Singh et al. [175]

A. haemolyticus MMC8

4–40 nm

Extracellular

Gaidhani et al. [176]

Aeromonas sp. SH10

6.4 nm

Extracellular and intracellular

Mouxing et al. [177]

Wang et al. [178]

Bordetella sp.

63–90 nm

Extracellular

Thomas et al. [179]

Enterobacter aerogenes

25–35 nm; spherical

Extracellular

Karthik and Radha [180]

Escherichia coli

42.2–89.6 nm; spherical

Extracellular

Gurunathan et al. [181]

Geobacter sulfurreducens

 

Extracellular

Law et al. [182]

Gluconobacter roseus

10 nm

Extracellular

Krishnaraj and Berchmans [183]

Idiomarina sp.

25 nm

Intracellular

Seshadri et al. [184]

Klebsiella pneumoniae

15–37 nm; spherical

Extracellular

Duraisamy and Yang [185]

5–32 nm

Extracellular

Shahverdi et al. [15]

Morganella sp.

10–40 nm; quasispherical

Extracellular

Parikh et al. [186]

Proteus mirabilis

10–20 nm; spherical

Extracellular and intracellular

Samadi et al. [187]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa SM1

6.3 ± 4.9 nm; spherical, disk-shaped

Extracellular

Srivastava and Constanti [188]

8–24 nm; spherical

Extracellular

Kumar and Mamidyala [189]

5–25 nm; quasispherical

Intracellular

Otaqsara [190]

Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Spherical 3–15

Extracellular

Bai et al. [191]

Rhodopseudomonas palustris

Spherical 5–20

Extracellular

Chun-Jing and Hong-Juan [192]

Shewanella oneidensis MR-1

2–16 nm; spherical (Ag2S)

Extracellular

Debabov et al. [193]

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

93 nm; cuboidal

Extracellular

Oves et al. [194]

Vibrio alginolyticus

50–100 nm; Spherical

Extracellular and intracellular

Rajeshkumar et al. [195]

Xanthomonas oryzae

14.86 nm; spherical, triangular,

rod-shaped

Extracellular

Narayanan and Sakthivel [196]

Yersinia enterocolitica

10–80 nm

Extracellular

Pourali et al. [197]

Bacillus sp.

5–15 nm

Extracellular and periplasmic space

Pugazhenthiran et al. [198]

B. cereus

4–5 nm; spherical

Intracellular

Ganesh Babu and Gunasekaran [165]

B. flexus

12 and 65 nm; spherical and triangular

Extracellular

Priyadarshini et al. [173]

B. licheniformis Dahb1

18.69–63.42 nm; spherical

Cell free extract

Shanthi et al. [199]

B. safensis LAU 13

5–30 nm; spherical

Extracellular

Lateef et al. [200]

B. methylotrophicus DC3

10–30 nm; spherical

–

Wang et al. [201]

B. subtilis

Triangular, hexagonal

Extracellular

Kannan et al. [202]

B. subtilis MTCC 3053

20–60 nm; polydispersed(AgCl)

–

Paulkumar et al. [203]

B. thuringiensis

43.52–142.97 nm

Extracellular

Banu et al. [204]

Brevibacterium casei

10–50 nm; spherical

Intracellular

Kalishwaralal et al. [205]

Corynebacterium SH09

10–15 nm

Extracellular

Zhang et al. [206]

Enterococcus faecalis

10–80 nm

Extracellular

Pourali et al. [197]

Exiguobacterium sp.

5–50 nm; spherical

Extracellular

Tamboli and Lee [207]

Geobacillus stearothermophilus

5–35 nm; spherical

Extracellular

Fayaz et al. [208]

Lactobacillus mindensis

2–20 nm; spherical (Ag2O)

Extracellular

Dhoondia and Chakraborty [209]

Rhodococcus sp.

10–15 nm; spherical

Extracellular

Otari et al. [210]

Staphylococcus epidermidis

10–80 nm

Extracellular

Pourali et al. [197]

Thermoactinomyces sp.

20–40 nm; spherical

Extracellular

Deepa et al. [211]

Ureibacillus thermosphaericus

10–100 nm; spherical

Extracellular

Juibari et al. [212]