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Sattar, S., Siddiqui, S., Shahzad, A., Bano, A., Naeem, M., Hussain, R., Khan, N., Jan, B.L. and Yasmin, H. (2022) Comparative Analysis of Microbial Consortiums and Nanoparticles for Rehabilitating Petroleum Waste Contaminated Soils. Molecules, 27, Article No. 1945.
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• TITLE: Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Applications in Sustainable Agriculture Production

  AUTHORS: Naeem Khan, Shahid Ali, Sadia Latif, Asif Mehmood

  KEYWORDS: Biosynthesis, Nanoparticles, Microbes, Biomolecules

  JOURNAL NAME: Natural Science, Vol.14 No.6, June 7, 2022

  ABSTRACT: Nanotechnology is a developing field in biotechnology. The synthesis of nanoparticles is an important step in the field of nanotechnology. Overcoming the limitations of traditional methods, a green scheme for synthesizing nanoparticles has emerged. Plants and microorganisms are mainly used for the green synthesis of metal nanoparticles. Some of the nanoparticles showed strong antimicrobial effects against different plant pathogens. Compared with microorganisms, the use of plants to synthesize nanoparticles is on the rise, and has advantages compared with microorganisms, because plants have a wide range of bio-molecular variability, which can act as blocking/stabilizing agents and reducing agents, thereby increasing reduction rate and stability of synthetic nanoparticles. Of all living things, plants seem to have the best potential for nanoparticle biosynthesis and are suitable for large-scale biosynthesis. Compared with microorganisms, the synthesis of plant-derived nanoparticles is faster and more stable. Therefore, this review focuses on the use of microbial and plant sources to synthesize nanoparticles and their applications in agriculture.