Fungi, bacteria and algae used in the synthesis of metal NPs.

Organism	Mode of synthesis	NPs	NP Size	Reference
Fungi
Aspergillus clavatus	Extracellular	Ag	10–25	122
Aspergillus fumigates	Extracellular	Ag	5–25	123
Aspergillus terreus	Extracellular	Se	500	107
	Extracellular	Ag	1–20	88
Bacillus megaterium	Extracellular	Ag	46.9	122
Bacillus licheniformis	Extracellular	Ag	50	122
Candida albicans	Extracellular	Au,	20–40,	106 and 124
		Ag	60–80
Cladosporium cladosporioides	Extracellular	Ag	10–100	105 and 122
Colletotrichum sp.	Extracellular	Au	20–40	125
Coriolus versicolor	Extracellular	Ag	350–600	126
Fusarium semitectum	Extracellular	Ag	10–60	89
Fusarium acuminatum	Extracellular	Ag	5–40	122
Fusarium oxysporum and Verticillium sp.	Extracellular	Magnetite	20–50	125
Fusarium oxysporum	Extracellular	Au	20–40	125
		CdS	5–20
		Zirconia	3–11
Fusarium oxysporum	Extracellular	Ag	20–50	93
Fusarium solani	Extracellular	Ag	5–35	122
Klebsiella pneumoniae	Extracellular	Ag	50	122
Lactobacillus strains	Extracellular	Ag	500	122
Neurospora crassa	Extracellular	Au	32	127
Penicillium fellutanum	Extracellular	Ag	1–100	122
Penicillium brevicompactum WA2315	Extracellular	Ag	23–105	122
Phanerochaete chrysosporium	Extracellular	Ag	50–200	127 and 128
Phoma sp. 32883	Extracellular	Ag	75	126
Pseudomonas stutzeri AG259	Extracellular	Ag	200	122
Rhizopus stolonifer	Extracellular	Ag	79.42	129
Trichoderma asperellum	Extracellular	Ag	13–18	122
Trichoderma viride	Extracellular	Ag	5–40	122
Verticillium sp.	Extracellular	Ag	25	126
Yarrowia lipolytica	Extracellular	Au	15	127
Bacteria
Bacillus megaterium	Extracellular	Ag	46.9	122
Bacillus licheniformis	Extracellular	Ag	50	122
Bacillus cereus	Extracellular	Ag	4–5	122
Bacillus sp.	Extracellular	Ag	5–15	122
Bacillus subtilis	Extracellular	Ag	5–60	122
Bacillus safensis LAU 13	Extracellular	Ag	5–95	130
Brevibacterium casei	Extracellular	Ag	50	122
Corynebacterium sp.	Extracellular	Ag	10–15	122
Escherichia coli	Extracellular	Ag	50	131
	Extracellular	Ag	1–100	122
Geobacter sulfurreducens	Extracellular	Ag	200	122
Klebsiella pneumoniae	Extracellular	Ag	50	122
Lactic acid bacteria	Extracellular	Ag	11.2	122
Lactobacillus strains	Extracellular	Ag	500	122
Morganella sp.	Extracellular	Ag	20 ± 5	122
Proteus mirabilis	Extracellular	Ag	10–20	122
Pseudomonas stutzeri AG259	Extracellular	Ag	200	122
Pseudomonas aeruginosa KUPSB12	Extracellular	Ag	50–85	132
Rhodopseudomonas capsulata	Extracellular	Au	10–20	133
Staphylococcus aureus	Extracellular	Ag	1–100	122
Vibrio alginolyticus	Intracellular and extracellular	Ag	50–100	122
Algae
Chlorella vulgaris	Intercellular	Au	75	115
Chondrus crispus	Extracellular	Au, Ag	—	116
Gracilaria edulis	Extracellular	Ag, ZnO	55–99	134
Kappaphycus alvarezii	Extracellular	Au		121
Sargassum wightii	Extracellular	Ag	8–27	116
Spirogyra insignis	Extracellular	Au, Ag	—	118
Tetraselmis kochinensis	Intercellular	Au	5–35	119