A review on biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles and its environmental applications

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, S Karishma, DVN Vo… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology has become one of the emerging multi-disciplinary fields receiving
universal attention and playing a substantial role in agriculture, environment and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in microbial-assisted remediation of cadmium-contaminated soil

U Zulfiqar, FU Haider, MF Maqsood, W Mohy-Ud-Din… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soil contamination with cadmium (Cd) is a severe concern for the developing world due to
its non-biodegradability and significant potential to damage the ecosystem and associated …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA): From production to nanoarchitecture

R Tarrahi, Z Fathi, MÖ Seydibeyoğlu… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Among many biodegradable and biocompatible biopolymers, polyhydroxyalkanoates
(PHAs), generated by microorganisms, have highly attracted attention in various fields due …

Valorization of polyhydroxyalkanoates production process by co-synthesis of value-added products

P Kumar, BS Kim - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are the only polyesters that are completely synthesized
biologically and possess features equivalent to petroleum-based plastics besides being …

[HTML][HTML] Biosynthesis of CdS Quantum Dots Mediated by Volatile Sulfur Compounds Released by Antarctic Pseudomonas fragi

C Gallardo-Benavente, O Carrión, JD Todd… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Previously we reported the biosynthesis of intracellular cadmium sulfide quantum dots (CdS
QDs) at low temperatures by the Antarctic strain Pseudomonas fragi GC01. Here we studied …

Enhanced synthesis of medium-chain-length poly (3-hydroxyalkanoates) by inactivating the tricarboxylate transport system of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 and …

JM Borrero-de Acuña, C Aravena-Carrasco… - Process …, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of waste materials as feedstock for biosynthesis of valuable compounds has been
an intensive area of research aiming at diminishing the consumption of non-renewable …

[HTML][HTML] Superior properties and biomedical applications of microorganism-derived fluorescent quantum dots

M Abdel-Salam, B Omran, K Whitehead, KH Baek - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Quantum dots (QDs) are fluorescent nanocrystals with superb photo-physical properties.
Applications of QDs have been exponentially increased during the past decade. They can …

[HTML][HTML] In-Depth Genomic and Phenotypic Characterization of the Antarctic Psychrotolerant Strain Pseudomonas sp. MPC6 Reveals Unique Metabolic Features …

M Orellana-Saez, N Pacheco, JI Costa… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We obtained the complete genome sequence of the psychrotolerant extremophile
Pseudomonas sp. MPC6, a natural Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) producing bacterium …

[HTML][HTML] Fed-Batch mcl- Polyhydroxyalkanoates Production in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 and ΔphaZ Mutant on Biodiesel-Derived Crude Glycerol

JM Borrero-de Acuña, M Rohde, C Saldias… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Crude glycerol has emerged as a suitable feedstock for the biotechnological production of
various industrial chemicals given its high surplus catalyzed by the biodiesel industry …

Biological approaches in polyhydroxyalkanoates recovery

K Gonzalez, R Navia, S Liu, M Cea - Current microbiology, 2021 - Springer
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are bio-based polymers with the potential of replace
petrochemical plastics. Nevertheless, PHA commercialization is still low, due to the high …