[HTML][HTML] Exploring various techniques for the chemical and biological synthesis of polymeric nanoparticles

T Pulingam, P Foroozandeh, JA Chuah, K Sudesh - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles (NPs) have remarkable properties for delivering therapeutic drugs to the
body's targeted cells. NPs have shown to be significantly more efficient as drug delivery …

Biosynthesis of nanoparticles by microorganisms and their applications

X Li, H Xu, ZS Chen, G Chen - Journal of nanomaterials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The development of eco‐friendly technologies in material synthesis is of considerable
importance to expand their biological applications. Nowadays, a variety of inorganic …

Advances in bacterial exopolysaccharides: from production to biotechnological applications

F Freitas, VD Alves, MAM Reis - Trends in biotechnology, 2011 - cell.com
A vast number of bacterial extracellular polysaccharides (EPSs) have been reported over
recent decades, and their composition, structure, biosynthesis and functional properties …

Biologically produced nanosilver: current state and future perspectives

L Sintubin, W Verstraete, N Boon - Biotechnology and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Silver nanoparticles are one of the most commercialized nanomaterials. They are widely
applied as biocides for their strong antimicrobial activity, but also their conductive, optic and …

Plant extract: a promising biomatrix for ecofriendly, controlled synthesis of silver nanoparticles

HP Borase, BK Salunke, RB Salunkhe, CD Patil… - Applied biochemistry …, 2014 - Springer
Uses of plants extracts are found to be more advantageous over chemical, physical and
microbial (bacterial, fungal, algal) methods for silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesis. In …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetotactic bacteria, magnetosomes and their application

L Yan, S Zhang, P Chen, H Liu, H Yin, H Li - Microbiological research, 2012 - Elsevier
Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are a diverse group of microorganisms with the ability to orient
and migrate along geomagnetic field lines. This unique feat is based on specific intracellular …

Green synthesis and characterization of Manganese nanoparticles using natural plant extracts and its evaluation of antimicrobial activity

M Jayandran, MM Haneefa… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - japsonline.com
Green synthesis of metal nanoparticles is an interesting and expanding research area due
to the potential applications for the ecofriendly development of novel technologies …

[HTML][HTML] Exopolysaccharides from bacteria and fungi: current status and perspectives in Africa

OO Osemwegie, CO Adetunji, EA Ayeni, OI Adejobi… - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Bacterial and fungal exopolysaccharides (EPSs) are extracellular metabolites of living
organisms (plants, animals, algae, bacteria and fungi) associated with adaptation, survival …

Bacterial inclusion bodies are industrially exploitable amyloids

A De Marco, N Ferrer-Miralles… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the structure, functionalities and biology of functional amyloids is an issue of
emerging interest. Inclusion bodies, namely protein clusters formed in recombinant bacteria …

Microbial exopolysaccharide-mediated synthesis and stabilization of metal nanoparticles

G Sathiyanarayanan, K Dineshkumar… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Exopolysaccharides (EPSs) are structurally and functionally valuable biopolymer secreted
by different prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms in response to biotic/abiotic stresses …