Table 1.

BC/nanomaterial composites and their applications.

BC	NPs	Methods/Materials	Application	Ref.
G. xylinus strain 1.1812	Ag	BC/Ag NPs composite prepared by hydrothermal synthesis in a gentle heating system	Antibacterial	[110]
A. xylinum	Ag	Using of sodium borohydride for reduction of Ag+	Wound healing with increased antimicrobial activity	[111]
G. xylinus	Ag	Using of borohydride for reduction of Ag+	Antimicrobial activity.	[112]
A. xylinum	Ag	Using of sodium citrate for reduction of silver nitrate	Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)	[113]
A. xylinum	Ni	-	Magnetic	[114]
A. xylinum	Au	-	Security paper	[115]
BC	Au	Using poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) as the reducing and linking agent	Biosensors (bioelectroanalysis and bioelectrocatalysis)	[116]
G. xylinus 700178	Fe3O4	Polyethylene glycol (PEG) was used to cover the FeNPs	Blood vessels	[117]
A. xylinum	Fe3O4	-	Material for immune selective absorption	[118]
G. xylinus	Fe3O4	Using of Na2SO3 as a reducing agent	Electromagnetic absorbing materials	[119]
A. xylinum	Fe3O4	PEG was used to cover Fe3O4 NPs	Electronic actuators, Information storage, Electromagnetic shielding coating	[120]
BC	CO	-	Flexible power source	[121]
A. xylinum TISTR No. 975	ZnO	NH4OH was used as a reducing agent	Anti-bacterial activity, Water disinfection	[122]
A. xylinum	ZnO	-	Photocatalysis	[123]
G. xylinum	V2O5	Nanoparticles were prepared by a sol-gel method	Biosensors and optical devices	[124]
xylinum NUST5.2	TiO2	-	Photocatalytic activity	[125]
G. xylinum	TiO2	-	Purification of drinking water, air cleaning	[126]
BC	Cu	-	Antimicrobial activity	[127]
G. xylinum	SnO2	-	Electrochemical lithium ion batteries	[128]
G. xylinum	CdS	-	photocatalyst, novel luminescence and photoelectron transfer devices	[129]
G. xylinum	CdSe	-	Photoluminescence	[130]
A. xylinum NUST4.2	Pd-Cu	Potassium borohydride was used as a reducing agent	Catalytic activity	[131]
G. xylinum	Pd	Laccase (Lac) and Nafion added into Pd/BC	Biosensor	[132]
G. hansenii ATCC 10821	Pd	Sodium dithionite incubated with Pd/BC	Catalyze, fuel cell	[99]
A. xylinum NUST4.2	Pt	Liquid phase chemical deoxidization method	Fuel cell, biosensors	[133]