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• TITLE: Lichen-Based Nano-Particles, an Emerging Antibacterial Approach

  AUTHORS: Taswar Ahsan, Liu He, Yu Miao, Bingxue Li, Yuanhua Wu

  KEYWORDS: Lichens, Nano-Particles, Antimicrobial

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Vol.9 No.8, August 17, 2021

  ABSTRACT: 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.