Uptake, accumulation and toxicity of silver nanoparticle in autotrophic plants, and heterotrophic microbes: A concentric review

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2017, Pages

  Tripathi, Durgesh K ^a,b   Tripathi, Ashutosh ^c   Shweta, ^c   Singh, Swati ^c   Singh, Yashwant ^c   Vishwakarma, Kanchan ^b   Yadav, Gaurav ^b   Sharma, Shivesh ^b   Singh, Vivek K ^d,e   Mishra, Rohit K ^b   Upadhyay, R G ^f   Dubey, Nawal K ^a   Lee, Yonghoon ^g   Chauhan, Devendra K ^c  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^d SHRI MATA VAISHNO DEVI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry   (India)

^g Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autotrophic plants; Heterotrophic microbes; Nanotoxicology; Silver; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; NANOPARTICLE;

AUTOTROPH; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG UPTAKE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HETEROTROPH; MICROORGANISM; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; REVIEW;

EID: 85012005171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00007     Document Type: Review

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