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Fungal Nanotechnology - Applications in Agriculture, Industry, and Medicine (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Fungal Nanotechnology - Applications in Agriculture, Industry, and Medicine (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Series: Fungal Biology
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Fungal nanotechnology has great prospects for developing new
products with industrial, agricultural, medicinal, and consumer
applications in a wide range of sectors. The fields of chemical
engineering, agri-food, biochemistry, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics,
and medical device development all employ fungal products, with
fungal nanomaterials currently used in applications ranging from
drug development to the food industry and agricultural
biotechnology. Fungal agents are an environmentally friendly,
clean, non-toxic agent for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles and
employ both intracellular and extracellular methods. The simplicity
of scaling up and downstream processing and the presence of fungal
mycelia which afford an increased surface area provide key
advantages. In addition, the large spectrum of synthesized
nanoparticle morphologies and the substantially faster biosynthesis
rate in cell-free filtrate (due to the higher amount of proteins
secreted in fungi) make this a particularly enticing route.
Understanding the diversity of fungi in assorted ecosystems, as
well as their interactions with other microorganisms, animals, and
plants, underpins real and innovative technological developments
and the applications of metal nanoparticles in many disciplines
including agriculture, catalysis, and biomedical biosensors.
Importantly, biogenic fungal nanoparticles show significant
synergistic characteristics when combined with antibiotics and
fungicides to offer substantially greater resistance to microbial
growth and applications in nanomedicine ranging from topical
ointments and bandages for wound healing to coated stents.
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