Author(s)

Taswar Ahsan^1*, Liu He^2*, Yu Miao², Bingxue Li^1#, Yuanhua Wu^2#

¹College of Land and Environment, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China.
²College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China.

Bacterial pathogens produced resistance against the existing antimicrobial applications. Scientist trending towards the potent novel eco-friendly and cost effective antimicrobial approaches and fabricating bio-based nano-particles. In this regard, several bio-materials have been investigated, such as, bacteria, fungi, algae, lichens and green plants. Lichens are introduced as an emerging source to synthesis bio-based nano-particles. The lichen-based metal nano-materials, especially fabricated by applying green chemistry strategies, have resulted significant alternates to traditional antimicrobial applications. Several studies break out and revealed that lichen-based nano-particle showed strong antimicrobial efficacy, as the lichens are biologically compatible. Current review summarizes an overview of lichen-based nano-materials, their fabrication, their applications, and their molecular action mechanism. As it emerged a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent for pharmaceutical and agricultural applications.

Lichens, Nano-Particles, Antimicrobial

Ahsan, T. , He, L. , Miao, Y. , Li, B. and Wu, Y. (2021) Lichen-Based Nano-Particles, an Emerging Antibacterial Approach. Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 9, 10-20. doi: 10.4236/msce.2021.98002.