Microbial Nanotechnology and Potential Biotechnological Applications

Nanotechnology deals with materials 1 to 100 nm in length and nanoparticles are considered to be the building blocks for nanotechnology. Nanoparticles have been used by numerous industries and humankind for thousands of years but there has been a recent resurgence in this field because of the ability to synthesize and manipulate such materials. Nanoparticles though can be synthesized by chemical and physical methods but these methods suffer from major drawbacks. Green synthesis including the use of microbes for nanoparticles is an emerging field. Diverse group of microbes have been reported to synthesize nanoparticles. Nanoparticles possess a vast range of applications. They are being utilized in the food industry, biomedicine, agriculture and environment. Thus, nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize agriculture and food systems. It is a unique field of science which can create usable end products for the marketplace with the primary goal of reducing harmful effects on human health and the environment.