Table 1.

Microbes mediated synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles

Microbes	Size, nm	Shape	Application	Reference
Bacteria
Aeromonas hydrophila	57.7	Spherical	Antimicrobial	[16]
Bacillus licheniformis MTCC9555	250	Flower	Dye removal	[47]
Bacillus megaterium (NCIM2326)	45~95	Rod and cubic	Antimicrobial	[15]
Halomonas elongate IBRC-M 10214	18.11 ± 8.93	Multiform	Antimicrobial	[48]
Lactobacillus johnsonii	4~9	Spherical	–	[49]
Lactobacillus paracasei LB3	1179 ± 137	Spherical	Antimicrobial	[50]
Lactobacillus plantarum VITES07	7~19	Spherical	–	[51]
Lactobacillus sporogens	5~15	Hexagonal	Controlling pollutant	[52]
Lactobacillus sporogens	145.7	Hexagonal	Antimicrobial	[53]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	35~80	Spherical	Antioxidant	[54]
Rhodococcus pyridinivorans NT2b	100~120	Roughly spherical	UV protection, antibacterial	[30]
Sphingobacterium thalpophilum	40	Triangle	Antimicrobial	[55]
Staphylococcus aureus	10~50	Acicular	Antimicrobial	[56]
Streptomyces sp.	20~50	Spherical	Antimicrobial	[57]
Fungi
Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl (1912)	45~150	Spherical, triangular, hexagonal	–	[58]
Aspergillus aeneus	100~140	Spherical	–	[59]
Aspergillus fumigatus JCF	60~80	Spherical	Antimicrobial	[60]
Aspergillus fumigatus TFR-8	1.2~6.8	Oblate spherical and hexagonal	Agriculture	[61]
Aspergillus niger	61 ± 0.65	Spherical	Antimicrobial	[62]
Aspergillus terreus	54.8~82.6	Spherical	Antifungal	[63]
Candida albicans	25	Quasi-spherical	Synthesis of steroidal pyrazolines	[31]
Fusarium spp.	> 100	Triangle	–	[64]
Yeast
Pichia kudriavzevii	10~61	Hexagonal wurtzite	Antimicrobial and antioxidant	[14]
Pichia fermentas JA2	n/a	Smooth and elongated	Antimicrobial	[65]