Table 2.
Sizes and shapes of Ag-NP received by “green synthesis” by using various microorganisms.
| Microorganism (Type) |
Shape (form) | Size of Ag-NP (nm) |
Max of Absorption of Ag-NP in Visible Spectrum (nm) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pseudomonas stutzeri (bacteria) | Spherical Triangular Hexagonal |
70–200 | 400 | [115] |
| Pseudomonas stutzeri (bacteria) | Spherical Triangular Hexagonal |
70–200 | 400 | [116] |
| MKY3 strain (bacteria) | Spherical Hexagonal |
~26 | 420 | [117] |
| Fusarium oxysporum (fungus) | Spherical | 5–15 | 413 | [118] |
| Fusarium oxysporum (fungus) | Spherical | 20–50 | 420 | [119] |
| Aspergillus flavus (fungus) | Spherical | ~9 | 420 | [120] |
| Fusarium acuminatum (fungus) | Spherical | 5–40 | 420 | [121] |
| Bacillus licheniformis (bacteria) | Spherical | ~40 | Absent | [122] |
| Bacillus licheniformis (bacteria) | Spherical | ~50 | 440 | [123] |
| Escherichia coli (bacteria) | Spherical | ~50 | 420 | [124] |
| Klebsiella pneumonia (bacteria) | Spherical | 1–6 | 420 | [125] |
| Aspergillus niger (fungus) | Spherical | 3–30 | 430 | [126] |
| Brevibacterium casei (bacteria) | Spherical | 10–50 | 420 | [127] |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa (bacteria) | Spherical | ~13 | 430 | [128] |
| Rhizopus stolonifer (fungus) | Spherical | 3–20 | Absent | [129] |
|
Pseudomonas antarctica (bacteria) Pseudomonas proteolytica (bacteria) Pseudomonas meridian (bacteria) Arthrobacter kerguelensis(bacteria) Arthrobacter gangotriensis (bacteria) Bacillus indicus (bacteria) Bacillus cecembensis (bacteria) |
Spherical | 6–13 | 400–430 | [130] |
| Penicillium purpurogenum (fungus) | Spherical | 8–10 | 390–420 | [131] |
| Bacillus subtilis (bacteria) | Spherical Triangular Hexagonal |
45–70 | 440 | [132] |
| Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (bacteria) | Spherical Triangular |
~15 | 420–425 | [133] |
| Streptomyces sp. (bacteria) | Spherical | 21–48 | 441 | [134] |
| Streptomyces albogriseolus (bacteria) | Spherical | 16.25 ± 1.6 | 409 | [135] |
| Salmonella typhirium (bacteria) | Spherical Ellipsoidal |
87 ± 30 | 427 | [136] |
| Pencillium sp. (fungus) | Spherical | 25 | 425 | [137] |
| Acinetobacter calcoaceticus (bacteria) | Spherical | 8–60 | 420–440 | [138] |
| Aspergillus fumigatus (fungus) | Spherical | 20–140 | 420 | [139] |
| Bacillus subtilis (bacteria) | Spherical | No data | 420 | [140] |
| Streptomyces sp. (bacteria) | Spherical | 50–86 | 420 | [141] |
| Penicillium sp. (fungus) | Spherical | 25–30 | 420 | [142] |
| Bacillus sp. (bacteria) | Spherical | 42–94 | 450 | [143] |
| Actinomycetes (bacteria) | Spherical | 10–20 | 415 | [144] |
| Penicillium glabrum (fungus) | Spherical | 26–32 | 420 | [145] |
| Streptomyces sp. (bacteria) | Spherical | 50–76 | 420 | [146] |
| Ochrobactrum sp. (bacteria) | Spherical | 38–85 | 450 | [147] |
| Fusarium oxysporum (fungus) | Spherical | 15–40 | 420 | [148] |
| Penicillium atramentosum (fungus) | Spherical | 5–25 | 420 | [149] |
| Variovorax guangxiensis (bacteria) | Spherical | 10–40 | 418 | [150] |
| Sporosarcina koreensis (bacteria) | Spherical | 10–30 | 424 | [151] |
| Penicillium brevicompactum (fungus) | Spherical | 30–50 | 420 | [152] |
| Pseudomonas deceptionensis (bacteria) | Spherical | 10–30 | 428 | [153] |
| Bacillus methylotrophicus (bacteria) | Spherical | 10–30 | 416 | [154] |
| Streptomyces rochei (bacteria) | Almost ideally spherical |
22–85 | 410 | [155] |
| Streptomyces atrovirens (bacteria) | Spherical | 58 ± 2 | 418 | [156] |
| Rhizopus stolonifer (fungus) | Spherical | 3–50 | 420 | [157] |
| Aeromonas sp. (bacteria) | Spherical | 8–16 | 400 | [158] |
| Bacillus brevis (bacteria) | Spherical | 41–68 | 420 | [159] |
| Phenerochaete chrysosporium (bacteria) | Spherical | 34–90 | 430 | [160] |
| Streptacidiphilus durhamensis (bacteria) | Spherical | 8–48 | 430 | [161] |
| Penicillium italicum (fungus) | Spherical | 14.5–23.3 | 423 | [162] |
| Streptomyces xinghaiensis (bacteria) | Spherical | 5–20 | 420 | [163] |
| Enterobacter cloacae (bacteria) | Spherical | 7–25 | 440 | [164] |
| Streptomyces olivaceus (bacteria) | Spherical | ~12.3 | 450 | [165] |
| Paracoccus sp. (bacteria) | Spherical Ellipsoidal |
2–5 | 416 | [166] |
| Aspergillus fumigates (fungus) | Irregular | 5–25 | 420 | [167] |
| Aspergillus clavatus (fungus) | Irregular | 550–650 | 420 | [168] |
| Bacillus megaterium (bacteria) | Irregular | 80–99 | Absent | [169] |
| Aspergillus flavus (fungus) | Irregular | 17 ± 5.9 | 421 | [170] |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa (bacteria) | Irregular | 2–20 | 425 | [171] |
| Idiomarina sp (bacteria) | Irregular | 26 | 450 | [172] |
| Staphylococcus aureus (bacteria) | Irregular | 28–50 | 420–430, 550–570 |
[173] |
| Streptomyces sp. (bacteria) | Irregular | 68 | 423 | [174] |
| Enterococcus sp. (bacteria) | Irregular | 30–100 | Absent | [175] |
| Streptomyces sp. (bacteria) | Irregular | 70–100 | 400 | [176] |
| Acinetobacter baumannii (bacteria) | Irregular | 37–168 | Absent | [177] |
| Pseudomonas sp. (bacteria) | Irregular | 10–40 | 412 | [178] |
| Bacillus flexus (bacteria) | Triangular | 12–65 | 420 | [179] |
| Bacillus stratosphericus (bacteria) | Triangular Hexagonal Cubic |
2–20 | 405 | [180] |
| Fusarium semitectum (fungus) | Hexagonal Spherical |
10–60 | 420 | [181] |
| Aspergillus clavatus (fungus) | Hexagonal Spherical |
10–25 | 415 | [182] |
| Bacillus licheniformis (bacteria) | Hexagonal Triangular |
22–44 | 422 | [183] |
| Streptomyces viridodiastaticus (bacteria) | Polygonal | 15–45 | 400 | [184] |
|
Arthrospira maxima (cyanobacteria) Arthrospira platensis (cyanobacteria) Hapalosiphon fontinalis (cyanobacteria) Spirulina sp. (cyanobacteria) Cylindrospermum stagnale (cyanobacteria) Spirulina sp. (cyanobacteria) Phormidium sp. (cyanobacteria) Spirulina sp. (cyanobacteria) Calothrix brevissema (cyanobacteria) |
Triangular Triangular Triangular Pentagonal Pentagonal Hexagonal Cubic Cubic Cubic |
61 46 50 51 38–40 47 48 49 42 |
465 445 450 450 440 446 446 450 443 |
[185] |
| Hargavaea indica (bacteria) | Pentagonal Spherical Icosahedral Hexagonal Triangular Icosahedral Truncated triangle |
30–100 | 460 | [186] |