Table 4.
Microbe-mediated ZnO-NPs exhibiting potential antioxidant properties.
| Microbes | Half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) | Maximum activity | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteria | |||
| P. aeruginosa | 200 μg mL−1 | 40–70% | Singh et al. (2014) |
| Actinomycetes | |||
| Streptomyces sp. | 500 μg mL−1 | 75–80% | Shanmugasundaram and Balagurunathan (2017) |
| Fungi | |||
| A. niger | 1,000 μg mL−1 | 50% | Es-haghi et al. (2019) |
| A. niger | 100 μg mL−1 | 57.74–73.58% | Gao et al. (2019) |
| A. tenuissima | 102.13 μg mL−1 | 50% | Abdelhakim et al. (2020) |
| Periconium sp. | 100 μg mL−1 | 85.52% | Ganesan et al. (2020) |
| A. bisporus | 100 μg mL−1 | 67–79% | Singh and Dutta (2020) |
| A. terreus | 108.67 μg mL−1 | 50% | Mousa et al. (2021) |
| Yeast | |||
| P. kudriavzevii | 5.26–25.46 μg mL−1 | 50% | Moghaddam et al. (2017) |
| Marine yeast | 80–100 μg mL−1 | 48.95–54.1% | Aswathy et al. (2017) |