TABLE 1.

A comparative table for metalloid synthesised from different biological agents.

Agents	Scientific names	Nanoparticles	Part used	References
Bacteria	Bacillus selenitireducens	Tellurium	-	Iravani, (2014)
	Sulfurospirillum barnesii	Tellurium	-	Baesman et al. (2007)
	Bacillus sp	Tellurium		Zare et al. (2012)
	Actinobacter sp	Silicon		Singh et al. (2008)
	S. marcescens	Antimony		Bahrami et al. (2011)
Fungi	Saccharomyces cerevisiae	Antimony	-	Jha and Prasad, (2009)
	Fusarium oxysporum	Silicon	mycelia	Bansal et al. (2005)
	P. chrysogenum	Tellurium		Barabadi et al. (2018)
	A. pullulans	Tellurium		Liang et al. (2019)
	M. humilis
Plant	D. alata	Antimony	tubers	Indurkar et al. (2019)
	bamboo culms	Silicon	Stem	Vinay et al. (2016)
	Panax ginseng	Boron	roots	Deshmukh et al. (2019)
	Morus nigra		Leaves
	Hovenia dulcis		stems
	Lime, orange, and lemon	Tellurium	Fruits	Medina et al. (2019)