Biorecovery of gold using cyanobacteria and an eukaryotic alga with special reference to nanogold formation – a novel phenomenon

By N. Chakraborty, A. Banerjee, S. Lahiri, A. Panda, A. N. Ghosh, R. Pal. Journal of Applied Phycology, 2009

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Synthesis of silver nanoparticles: chemical, physical and biological methods (2014, background): “Cyanobacteria and eukaryotic alga genera such as Lyngbya majuscule, Spirulina subsalsa, Rhizoclonium heiroglyphicum, Chlorella vulgaris, Cladophora prolifera, Padina pavonica, Spirulina platensis, and Sargassum fluitans can be used as cost effective means for biorecovery of gold out of the aqueous s”
Algae as crucial organisms in advancing nanotechnology: a systematic review (2016, background): “Chakraborty et al. (2009) studied two cyanobacterial species , Lyngbya majuscula and Spirulina subsalsa, and a green alga, Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum.”
A global approach of the mechanism involved in the biosynthesis of gold colloids using micro-algae (2014, unknown): “2007) micro-algae, (Chakraborty et al. 2008; Greene et al. 1986; Senapati et al. 2012) and cyanobacteria (Lengke et al.”
Algal Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Biotechnological Potentials (2016, methodology): “platensis has been for the extracellular synthesis of gold, silver, and Au/Ag bimetallic NPs [26].”
Screening of different algae for green synthesis of gold nanoparticles (2012, background): “Oat ( Avena sativa ) biomass was also found to recover Au (III) ions from aqueous solutions and reduce Au (III) to Au (0), forming Au nanoparticles (Armendariz et al , 2004 , 2009 ).”