Fungal-based synthesis to generate nanoparticles for nanobioremediation

Title

Fungal-based synthesis to generate nanoparticles for nanobioremediation

Creator

Manjula N.G.; Tajunnisa; Mamani V.; Meghana C.A.; Mayegowda S.B.

Description

Nanotechnology has gained immense popularity with its innumerable biological agents, which are replacing toxic chemicals with an advanced technique for reducing and stabilizing nanoparticles (NPs). Fungal nanotechnology has represented exceptional technique in this area, owing to its nontoxicity, eco-friendly nature for fungal NPs, and nanostructure synthesis by reducing enzymes using either intracellular or extracellular techniques. Further, ease lies in the scale up-and downstream process owing to the increased surface area of the mycelial cells. Fungi and yeast are highly potential secretors of extracellular enzyme, grow fast, and are simple to maintain. Biogenic fungal NPs have been applied in the field of industry, agriculture, medicine, and other sectors too, and are used as bioremediators, drug delivery, biosensors, MRI, medical imaging, cancer therapy, etc. Mycoremediation can serve as a facilitator in bioremediating the toxins by immobilizing or inducing the synthesis of enzymes. Fungal NPs have shown an effective and efficient clean-up of the environment from the chemical pollutants and heavy metals, reducing total time consumption and total cost reduction. Fungal species of A. flavus and T. harzianum have shown promising crude oil degrading abilities with silver NPs at a very low concentration. Other fungal species used as resources for metal NPs that have been useful as bioremediators include Aspergillus, Fusarium, Penicillium, and Verticillium. The Author(s), 2023. All rights reserved.

Source

Green Nanoremediation: Sustainable Management of Environmental Pollution, pp. 83-108.

Date

2023-01-01

Publisher

Springer International Publishing

Subject

Biogenic fungi; Bioremediation; Eco-friendly; Nanoparticles; Pollutants

Coverage

Manjula N.G., Department of Microbiology, School of Basic and Applied Sciences (SBAS), Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Tajunnisa, Department of Microbiology, School of Basic and Applied Sciences (SBAS), Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Mamani V., Department of Microbiology, School of Basic and Applied Sciences (SBAS), Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Meghana C.A., Department of Microbiology, School of Basic and Applied Sciences (SBAS), Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Mayegowda S.B., Department of Psychology, CHRIST Deemed to be University, Kengeri Campus, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISBN: 978-303130558-0; 978-303130557-3

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30558-0_4

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