Fungal biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles: Mechanism and scale up

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 904-917

  Kitching, Michael ^a   Ramani, Meghana ^b   Marsili, Enrico ^a,c  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD; NANOPARTICLE;

ASPERGILLUS; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOPROCESS; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSORPTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGUS; GREEN CHEMISTRY; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PENICILLIUM; REDUCTION; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SHORT SURVEY; VERTICILLIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGI; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84945180112     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12151     Document Type: Short Survey

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