Table 4.

Ag NPs prepared via bacteria, fungi, and plants.

Year	S/N	Organism	Biological Entity	Size (nm)	Morphology	Method	References
2021	1.	Fungi	Penicillium sp.	25	Spherical	Agar well diffusion method	[53]
	2.	Fungi	Arthroderma fulvum	15.5	Spherical	Brothmicro-dilution method	[18]
	3.	Fungi	Penicillium aculeatum	4–55	Spherical	Disk diffusion method	[37]
	4.	Bacteria	Acinetobacter baumannii	37–168	Spherical	Broth micro-dilution method	[136]
	5.	Plant	Artocarpus altilis	20–45	Spherical	Agar well diffusion method	[81]
	6.	Plant	Convolvulus arvensis	28	Spherical	Disc diffusion and broth macro-dilution method	[137]
	7.	Plant	Erythrina suberosa	15–34	Spherical	Agar cup and broth micro-dilution methods	[37]
	8.	Plant	Psidium guajava	20–25	Spherical	Agar well diffusion 1method	[89]
	9.	Plant	Nelumbo Nucifera	12.9	Quasi–Spherical	Broth dilution method	[138]
	10.	Plant	Boerhaavia diffusa	25	Spherical	Agar well diffusion	[20]
	11.	Plant	Alpinia katsumadai	12.6	Quasi-Spherical	Broth dilution method	[104]
	12.	Fungi	Curvularia lunata	64.3	Spherical	Disk diffusion assay	[139]
	13.	Fungi	Pleurotus ostreatus	10–40	Spherical	Disk diffusion and broth micro-dilution methods	[140]
2020	14.	Fungi	Rhodotorula glutinis	15–220	Spherical	Agar well diffusion and broth microdilution methods	[109]
	15.	Bacteria	Pseudomonas deceptionensis	127	Spherical	Agar well diffusion method	[141]
	16	Bacteria	Acinetobacter baumannii	37–168	Spherical	Broth micro-dilution method	[142]
	17.	Bacteria	Phenerochaete Chrysosporium	-	Spherical and oval	Agar well diffusion method	[143]
	18.	Bacteria	Bacillus endophyticus	4.8–6.6	Spherical	Agar well diffusion method	[144]
	19.	Plant	tea	10–20	Spherical	Disk and broth dilution methods	[145]
	20.	Plant	Eucalyptus globules	1.9–4.3	Spherical	Agar well diffusion and broth dilution methods	[109]
	21.	Plant	Mimusops elengi	55–83	Spherical	Disk diffusion method	[146]
2019	22.	Fungi	Saccharomyces cerevisiae	5–50	Spherical	Brothmicro-dilution method	[147]
	23.	Fungi	Guignardia mangiferae	5–30	Spherical	Agar well	[70]
	24.	Fungi	Penicillium polonicum	10–15	Spherical	Agar well diffusion	[148]
	25.	Fungi	Raphanus sativus	4–30	Spherical	Disk diffusion method	[149]
	26.	Fungi	Ganoderma applanatum	133	Spherical	Agar welldiffusionmethod	[150]
	27.	Bacteria	Weissella oryzae	150	Spherical	Disk diffusion method	[43]
	28.	Bacteria	Ochrobactrum anthropi	38–85	Spherical	Agar well diffusion method	[46]
	29.	Plant	Elephantopus scaber	37	Spherical	Agar well diffusion method	[46]
	30.	Plant	Ocimum sanctum	~15	Spherical	Disc and dilution approach	[151]
	31.	Plant	Musa paradisiacal	23.7	Spherical	Agar well diffusion and broth dilution approaches	[46]
	32.	Plant	Dalbergia spinosa	18	Spherical	Disk diffusion and broth microdilution methods	[15]
	33.	Plant	Emblica officinalis	15	Spherical	Disk diffusion method	[152]