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. 2015 Oct 9;16(10):23929–23969. doi: 10.3390/ijms161023929

Table 4.

Synthesis of nanoparticles (NP) in microalgae and cyanobacteria cultures.

Element NP Source Strain Place of Synthesis Average Particle Size (nm) Reference
Gold (Au) HAuCl4·3H2O Chlorella vulgaris Intracellularly 40–60 [170]
Gold (Au) KAuCl4 Eolimna minima Intracellularly 5–100 [171]
Silver (Ag) AgNO3 Parachlorella kessleri Extracellularly 9, 14 or 18 [172]
Silver (Ag) AgNO3 Botryococcus braunii Extracellularly 15.67 [173]
Silver (Ag) AgNO3 Scenedesmus sp. Intracellularly 15–20 [174]
Palladium (Pd) Na2(PdCl4) Chlorella vulgaris Microalga culture 7 [175]
Palladium (Pd) PdCl2 Chlorella vulgaris Intracellularly 5–12 [170]
Palladium (Pd) PdCl2 Plectonema boryanum Extracellularly ≤30 [176]
Cadmium sulphide (CdS) Cd(NO3)2·4H2O Scenedesmus Intracellularly 120–175 (described as nanoparticles) [177]
Nickel (Ni) NiO–NPs Chlorella vulgaris Microalga culture [75]