Table 1.
Construction materials made of microbes.
No. | Species name | Kingdom | Products | Application | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | T. versicolor | Fungi | Bioblock | Thermal insulation | [28] |
2 | Ganoderma lucidum | Fungi | Block | Insulation | [12, 29] |
3 | Agrocybe aegerita | Fungi | Block | Design and architecture | [30] |
4 | Aspergillus nidulans | Fungi | Bioconcrete | Construction | [31] |
5 | Trametes versicolor | Fungi | Block | Insulation | [29] |
6 | Ganoderma sessile | Fungi | Block | Architecture | [32] |
7 | Pleurotus ostreatus | Fungi | Block | Packaging | [4] |
8 | Trametes multicolor and Pleurotus ostreatus | Fungi | Block | Construction | [33] |
9 | Rhizopus oryzae, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, A. terreus, A. oryzae, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Fungi | Bioconcrete | Construction | [34] |
10 | T. ochracea and P. ostreatus | Fungi | Board | Board | [33] |
11 | Not specified (white-rot basidiomycete mycelium) | Fungi | Board | Particle board | [35] |
12 | Ganoderma sp. | Fungi | Sheets | Packaging material | [36] |
13 | Not specified | Fungi | Sheets | Insulation panel | [36] |
14 | Bacillus alkalinitrilicus and Bacillus licheniformis | Bacteria | Biocement | Construction | [27] |
15 | Bacillus lentus | Bacteria | Biocement | Construction | [27] |
16 | Bacillus pseudofirmus and Bacillus halodurans | Bacteria | Bioconcrete | Construction | [21, 37] |
17 | Bacillus sphaericus | Bacteria | Bioconcrete | Construction | [38] |
18 | Xanthomonas campestris | Bacteria | Biopolymer | Construction | [39] |
19 | Bacillus sphaericus | Bacteria | Bioconcrete | Construction | [40] |
20 | Bacillus megaterium | Bacteria | Bioconcrete | Construction | [41] |
21 | Bacillus subtilis | Bacteria | Bioconcrete | Construction | [7, 42] |
22 | Bacillus massiliensis | Bacteria | Bioconcrete | Construction | [43] |
23 | Escherichia coli | Bacteria | Bioconcrete | Construction | [38] |