Understanding Mechanism of Fungus Mediated Nanosynthesis: A Molecular Approach

Abstract

The chapter details different processes of biosynthesis of inorganic (metallic and oxide) nanoparticles mediated by the different members of fungi. The biosynthetic mechanism (at molecular level) has been discussed in detail. The nanosynthesis is broadly dependent upon the modulation of key parameters like temperature, pH and other medium conditions. It is conclusively found that although, the cellular level organization matters along with their metabolic fluxes/signal transduction pathways, it is the different stress shearing cues at different levels (ranging from cell wall to nucleus) that bestows a unique echelon to an individual genera in the phylogeny.