Following an introduction to biogenic metal nanoparticles, this book presents how they can be biosynthesized using bacteria, fungi and yeast, as well as their potential applications in biomedicine. It is shown that the synthesis of nanoparticles using microbes is eco-friendly and results in reproducible metal nanoparticles of well-defined sizes, shapes and structures. This biotechnological approach based on the process of biomineralization exploits the effectiveness and flexibility of biological systems. Chapters include practical protocols for microbial synthesis of nanoparticles and microbial screening methods for isolating a specific nanoparticle producer as well as reviews on process optimization, industrial scale production, biomolecule-nanoparticle interactions, magnetosomes, silver nanoparticles and their numerous applications in medicine, and the application of gold nanoparticles in developing sensitive biosensors.

Mahendra Rai, Aniket Gade, Alka Yadav and Gordon Southam: Biogenic Nanoparticles: An introduction to what they are, how they are synthesized and their applications; Venkataraman Deepak, Kalimuthu Kalishwaralal, Sureshbabu Ram Kumar Pandian, Sangiliyandi Gurunathan: An insight into the bacterial biogenesis of silver nanoparticles, industrial production and Scale-up; Maggy Lengke and Gordon Southam: Biosynthesis of Gold Nanoparticles: A Review; Christopher T. Lefèvre, Fernanda Abreu, Ulysses Lins, and Dennis A. Bazylinski: A Bacterial Backbone: Magnetosomes in Magnetotactic Bacteria; Chris Whiteley, Yageshni Govender, Tamsyn Riddin and Mahendra Rai: Enzymatic Synthesis of Platinum Nanoparticles: Prokaryote And Eukaryote Systems; N. Vigneshwaran and Prateek Jain: Biomolecules – Nanoparticles: Interaction in Nanoscale; Irena.Helena Maliszewska   Microbial  synthesis of metal nanoparticles: Ahmad-Reza Shahverdi, Mojtaba Shakibee, Pardis Nazari: Basic and Practical Procedures for Microbial Synthesis of Nanoparticles; Nikolay Krumov  and Clemens Posten: Development of process chain for nanoparticles production by yeasts; Zygmunt Sadowski and I.Maliszewska: Applications of Gold nanoparticles: Current Trends and Future Prospects; Priscyla D. Marcato and Nelson Durán: Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles: Application in Medicines and Textiles and Their Health Implications; Reshetilov A., Iliasov P., Reshetilova T. and Rai Mahendra: Nanobiosensors and their applications; Debabrata Dash: Metallic Nanoparticles: biomedical applications.