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. 2022 Aug 18;20(8):527. doi: 10.3390/md20080527

Table 1.

List of marine-bioinspired metallic nanoparticles treating infectious diseases.

Name of Marine-Derived Compound/Product Sources/Organism Name of NPs Size Range of MNPs Shape/Morphology Antimicrobial Types Microbial Pathogens References
Extracts
  • Ulva rigida

  • Cystoseira myrica

  • Gracilaria foliifera

AgNPs 12 nm Spherical Antibacterial
  • Bacillus cereus

  • Escherichia coli

  • Candida albicans

  • Staphylococcus aureus

  • Cryptococcus neoformans

[78]
Extracts U. lactuca AgNPs 20–50 nm - Antibacterial
  • E. coli

  • Enterobacter spp.

  • Klebsiella pneumonia

  • Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA)

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  • S. aureus

[79]
Extracts
  • Halimeda opuntia

  • Kappaphycus alvarezii

SeNPs 30, 80 nm Spherical Antibacterial
  • Vibrio harveyi

  • V. parahaemolyticus

[80]
Extracts Spirulina platensis SNPs 200–450 nm Spherical Antibacterial V. parahaemolyticus [81]
Extracts Chroococcus minutus AgNPs - - Antibacterial
  • E. coli

  • Streptococcus pyogenes

[56]
Extracts U. lactuca SeNP 85 nm Spherical Antibacterial
  • Lactobacillus

  • C. albicans

  • S. mutans

  • S. aureus

[82]
Extracts Sargassum muticum AgNPs 20–54 nm Spherical Antibacterial
  • E. coli

  • B. subtilis

  • Salmonella Typhimurium

  • K. pneumoniae

[57]
Extracts S. swartzii AgNPs 20–40 nm Spherical Antibacterial E. coli [58]
Extracts Gelidium corneum AgNPs 20–50 nm Spherical Antibacterial E. coli [83]
Extracts Laminaria ochroleuca AgNPs 10–20 nm Spherical Antibacterial
  • E. coli

  • B. cereus

  • P. aeruginosa

  • S. aureus

  • K. pneumoniae

  • Micrococcus luteus

[84]
Extracts Streptomyces sp. Al-Dhabi-87 AgNPs 10–17 nm Spherical Antibacterial
  • Enterococcus faecalis

  • E. coli

  • S. aureus

  • S. epidermidis

  • P. aeruginosa

  • K. pneumoniae

[61]
Extracts
  • S. wightii

  • Valonopsis pachynema

AgNPs 30–40, 55–70 nm - Antibacterial
  • M. luteus

  • Serratia marcescens

[59]
Extracts
  • Streptomyces sp.

  • Rhodococcus rhodochrous

AgNPs 5.52, 35 nm Spherical Antibacterial
  • B. subtilis

  • E. coli

  • P. aeruginosa

  • S. aureus

[85]
Extracts Gelidiella acerosa AgNPs - - Antibacterial
  • B. subtilis

  • P. aeruginosa

  • S. aureus

[60]
Extracts Acanthophora spicifera AuNPs <20 nm Spherical Antibacterial
  • V. harveyi

  • S. aureus

[86]
Extracts G. amansii AgNPs 27–54 nm Spherical Antibacterial
  • Aeromonas hydrophila

  • V. parahaemolyticus

  • P. aeruginosa

  • E. coli

  • S. aureus

  • B. pumilus

[87]
Extracts S. wighitii MgONPs 68.06 nm Flower Antibacterial
  • S. pneumonia

  • MRSA

  • E. coli

  • P. aeruginosa

  • A. baumannii

[88]
Extracts Oscillatoria princeps AgNPs 3.30–17.97 nm Spherical Antibacterial
  • S. aureus

  • S. pyogenes

  • E. coli

[89]
Extracts Nocardiopsis dassonvillei-DS013 AgNPs 30–80 nm Circular Antibacterial
  • Enterococcus sp.

  • Klebsiella sp.

  • B. subtilis

  • Streptococcus sp.

  • Proteus sp.

  • Pseudomonas sp.

  • Shigella sp.

  • E. coli

[90]
Extracts Streptomyces sp. Al-Dhabi-87 AgNPs 11–21 nm Cubic Antibacterial
  • B. subtilis

  • S. aureus

  • S. epidermidis

  • P. aeruginosa

  • E. coli

  • E. faecalis

  • K. pneumoniae

[91]
Extracts Penicillium polonicum AgNPs 10 nm Spherical Antibacterial A. baumanii [44]
Chitosan Marine Seafood AgNPs 5–20 nm Spherical Antibacterial
  • E. coli

  • P. aeruginosa

[92]
Chitosan
  • Aspergillus sp.

  • Alternaria sp.

  • Chitosan-AgNPs

  • Chitosan-AuNPs

  • 4.5 ± 20.0–50.2 ± 74.0 nm

  • 3.47 ± 2.00–35.50 ± 2.00 nm

Spherical Antibacterial S. aureus [93]
Extracts
  • Chlorococcum humicola

  • Chlorella vulgaris

AgNPs 10.69, 12.83 nm Spherical Antibacterial
  • E. coli

  • S. Typhimurium

  • K. pneumoniae

[94]
Extracts Cymodocea serrulata AgNPs 40.49–66.44 nm - Antibacterial V. parahaemolyticus [95]
Extracts S. longifolium CuONPs 40–60 nm - Antibacterial
  • V. parahemolyticus

  • A. hydrophila

  • Serratia marcescens

  • V. harveyi

[62]
Extracts C. crinita ZnONPs 23–200 nm Rectangular Antibacterial
  • E. coli

  • B. cereus

  • S. Typhimurium

  • S. aureus

  • C. albicans

  • A. niger

[96]
Extracts Synechocystis sp. AgNPs 10–35 nm Spherical Antibacterial MRSA [97]
Extracts O. limnetica AgNPs 3.30–17.97 nm Quasi-spherical Antibacterial
  • E. coli

  • B. cereus

[98]
Extracts Red algae Co3O4NPs 29.8 ± 8.6 nm Spherical Antibacterial
  • P. aeruginosa

  • E. coli

[99]
Extracts U. lactuca AgNPs 20–50 nm - Antiviral
  • Aedes aegypti

  • Culex pipiens

[79]
Extracts
  • Oscillatoria sp.

  • S. platensis

  • Ag2O/AgONPs

  • AuNPs

  • 14.42–48.97 nm

  • 15.60–77.13 nm

  • Spherical

  • Octahedral, pentagonal and triangular

Antiviral HSV-1 [100]
Extracts
  • Streptomyces sp.

  • R. rhodochrous

AgNPs 5.52–35.00 nm Spherical Antiviral Poliovirus [85]
Extracts
  • Pectinodesmus sp. strain HM3

  • Dictyosphaerium sp. strain HM1

  • Dictyosphaerium sp. strain HM2

AgNPs 50–65, 15–30, and 40–50 nm Spherical Antiviral Newcastle disease virus [101]
Extracts U. rigida AgNPs 12 nm Spherical Antifungal
  • Trichophyton mentagrophytes

  • T. cutaneum

[78]
Extracts S. griseus AgNPs 14.54 nm Spherical Antifungal C. albicans [102]
Extracts G. corneum AgNPs 20–50 nm Spherical Antifungal C. albicans [83]
Extracts P. fluorescens AgNPs - - Antifungal
  • Fusarium udum

  • A. niger

[103]
Extracts
  • C. serrulate

  • Padina australis

AgNPs - - Antifungal
  • Pyriporia oryzea

  • Helminthosporium oryzae

  • Alternaria sp.

  • Rhizoctonia solani

  • Xanthomoanas oryzae

[104]
Extracts
  • C. umhumicola

  • C. vulgaris

AgNPs 10.69,12.83 nm Spherical Antifungal
  • F. solani

  • F. moniliforme

  • Penicillium sp.

[94]