Microbial Nanobionics

Ram Prasad, Ph.D. is associated with Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India since 2005. His research interests include applied microbiology, plant-microbe-interactions, sustainable agriculture and nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than hundred publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles, book chapters, five patents issued or pending, and several edited or authored books. Dr. Prasad has twelve years of teaching experience and has been awarded the Young Scientist Award (2007) and Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal (2009) by the International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB Fellowship (2010) by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators, USA (2014); Outstanding Scientist Award (2015) in the field of Microbiology by Venus International Foundation; BRICPL Science Investigator Award (ICAABT-2017) and Research Excellence Award (2018). He serves as an editorial board member for Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Nutrition, Academia Journal of Biotechnology and is the series editor of the Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences series, Springer Nature, USA. Previously, Dr. Prasad served as Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, USA and presentlyworks as a Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.

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1. Processing of Nanoparticles by Biomatrices in a Green Approach

Marcia Regina Salvadori

Department of Microbiology, Biomedical Institute-II, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508000, Brazil

Corresponding author e-mail: mrsal@usp.br ; mrsalvadori@yahoo.com.br

2. Green Synthesis/ Biogenic Materials, Characterization and Their Applications

Gamze Tan
1 , Sedef Ilk
2 , Ezgi Emul
3 , Mehmet Dogan Asik
3 , Mesut Sam
1 , Serap Altindag
5 , Emre Birhanli
6 , Elif Apohan
6 , Ozfer Yesilada
6 , Sandeep Kumar Verma
7 , Ekrem Gurel
7 and Necdet Saglam
3


1 Aksaray University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Biology, Aksaray, Turkey


2 Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Agricultural Science and Technologies, Nigde, Turkey


3 Hacettepe University, Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Division, Ankara Turkey


4 Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine, Ankara Turket


5 Aksaray University, Graduate School of Science, Aksaray Turkey


6 Inonu University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Biology, Malatya, Turkey


7 Abant Izzet Baysal University, Faculty of Science and Literature, Department of Biology, Bolu, Turkey

Corresponding author E-mail: saglam@hacettepe.edu.tr


3. Biological Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Different Groups of Bacteria

Nariman Maroufpour
1 , Mehrdad Alizadeh
2 , Mehrnaz Hatami 3,
4 , Behnam Asgari Lajayer
5


1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran


2 Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran


3 Department of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, Iran


4 Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Arak University, Arak, Iran


5 Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Corresponding author e-mail: m-hatami@araku.ac.ir


4. Mushrooms: New Biofactories for Nanomaterials Production of Different Industrial and Medical Applications

Hesham Ali El Enshasy 1,2,
3 , Daniel Joel 1,
2 , Dhananjaya P. Singh
4 , Roslinda Abd Malek
1 , Elsayed Ahmed Elsayed 5,
6 , Siti Zulaiha Hanapi
1 , Kugen Kumar
1


1 Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia


2 Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia


4 ICAR-Nationa Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Kushmaur, Maunath Bhanjan,
275101 Uttar Pradesh, India


3 City of Scientific Research and Technology Application, New Burg Al Arab, Alexandria, Egypt


4 Bioproducts Research Chair, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, King Saud University,
11451 Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia


5 Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

Corresponding Author email: henshasy@ibd.utm.my


5. Single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for characterization of engineered nanoparticles

Suresh Kaushik
1 and Setyowati Retno Djiwanti
2


1 Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India


2 Plant Protection Division, Indonesian Spice and Medicinal Crop Research, Institute (ISMECRI), Tentara Pelajar Street No. 3, Bogor 16111, West Java, Indonesia

Corresponding author email: drsckaushik@gmail.com


6. Biosynthesis characterization and applications of nanoparticles derived from Endophytes

Aditya Saran

Department of Microbiology, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India

Email: aditya8march@yahoo.com


7. Microbial Production of Nanoparticles: Mechanisms and Applications

Madan
L. Verma 1,
2 , Sneh Sharma
2 , Karuna Dhiman
2 , Asim K. Jana
3


1 Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology, Deakin University, Victoria-3216, Australia


2 School