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ReviewWorld journal of microbiology & biotechnology2018

Potential of metabolic engineering in bacterial nanosilver synthesis.

Sayak Mitra, Ashmita Das, Shampa Sen, Biswanath Mahanty

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Review in World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sayak MitraSchool of Bio Sciences and Technology, VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-3720
Ashmita DasSchool of Bio Sciences and Technology, VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2641-0353
Shampa SenSchool of Bio Sciences and Technology, VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India. shampasen@vit.ac.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6911-1775
Biswanath MahantyDepartment of Biotechnology, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641114, India. bmahanty@karunya.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5815-2440

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The widespread applications of silver nanoparticles in present days demand an industrial-scale production process. The ability of bacteria to synthesise silver nanoparticles can be exploited to overcome many shortcomings associated with conventional production processes, such as high cost and nanoparticle toxicity. However, lack of a standardised protocol and suboptimal yield remain a major obstacle for bacterial synthesis route. A potential, yet unexplored, solution to this problem could be envisioned through rewiring of the metabolic network to direct cellular resources towards the product of interest. Mathematical modelling of metabolic pathway is the key to understand and manipulate the cellular metabolism for enhanced production of desired metabolite(s). The present study provides a perspective on the scope of metabolic engineering approaches to enhance bacterial synthesis of silver nanoparticles.

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Metabolic EngineeringBacteriaMetabolic Flux AnalysisMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMetal NanoparticlesSilverSilverMetabolic control analysisMetabolic flux analysisNitrate reductaseSilver nanoparticlesStrain improvement

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PMID30140976

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