Table 4 Fungus-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles
From: A review on biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles and their biocidal properties
Fungus | Size and shape | Location | Key references |
|---|---|---|---|
Aspergillu flavus | 8.92Â nm; spherical | Cell wall | Vigneshwaran et al. [217] |
A. fumigatus | – | Extracellular | Bhainsa and D’Souza [218] |
A. terreus | 1–20 nm; spherical | Extracellular | Li et al. [219] |
Cladosporium cladosporioides | 10–100 nm | – | Balaji et al. [220] |
Coriolus versicolor | 25–75, 444–491 nm; spherical | Extracellular and intracellular | Sanghi and Verma [221] |
Fusarium oxysporum | – | Extracellular | Ahmad et al. [222] |
20–50 nm; spherical | Extracellular | Durán et al. [164] | |
5–50 nm | – | Senapati et al. [223] | |
Humicola sp. | 5–25 nm; spherical | Extracellular | Syed et al. [224] |
Macrophomina phaseolina | 5–40 nm; spherical | Cell-free filtrate | Chowdhury et al. [225] |
Pediococcus pentosaceus | – | Extracellular | Shahverdi et al. [15] |
Penicillium brevicompactum | 58.35 ± 17.88 nm | – | Shaligram et al. [226] |
P. fellutanum | 5–25 nm; spherical | Extracellular | Kathiresan et al. [215] |
P. nalgiovense AJ12 | 25 ± 2.8 nm; spherical | Cell-free filtrate | Maliszewska et al. [227] |
Phaenerochaete chrysosporium | 5–200 nm; pyramidal | – | Vigneshwaran et al. [228] |
Phoma glomerata | 60–80 nm; spherical | – | Birla et al. [229] |
Pleurotus ostreatus | < 40 nm; spherical | – | Al-Bahrani et al. [230] |
P. sajor-caju | 30.5 ± 4.0 nm; spherical | Extracellular | Vigneshwaran et al. [231] |
Trichoderma asperellum | 13–18 nm; nanocrystalline | Extracellular | Mukherjee et al. [232] |
T. reesei | 5–50 nm | Extracellular | Vahabi et al. [233] |
T. viride | 5–40 nm; spherical | Extracellular | Fayaz et al. [234] |
T. viride | 2–5 nm; spherical 40–65 nm; rectangular 50–100 nm; penta/hexagonal (Obtained at varying pH, reaction time and temperature of the reaction mixture) | Cell free extract | Kumari et al. [235] |