María Cristina Diez

TL;DR: The current state of the art and perspectives for the impact of AgNPs on different organisms present in the environment are reported and recent progress in interpreting uptake, translocation and accumulation mechanisms in different organisms and/or living animals are discussed, as well as the toxicity ofAgNPs and possible tolerance mechanisms in live organisms to cope with their deleterious effects.

TL;DR: Roles of enzymes as decontaminating agents, pollutant assaying agents and indicators of environment safety are briefly encompassed.

TL;DR: The white-rot fungus Stereum hirsutum was studied to evaluate its applicability for use in the biosynthesis of copper/copper oxide nanoparticles under different pHconditions and in the presence of three different copper salts (CuCl2, CuSO4, and Cu(NO3)2) as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The synthesis of copper nanostructured nanoparticles by bacteria, fungi, and plant extracts is discussed, showing that biogenic synthesis is an economically feasible, simple and non-polluting process.

TL;DR: The degradation of three- and four-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by Anthracophyllum discolor, a white-rot fungus isolated from the forest of southern Chile, was evaluated, suggesting synergistic effects between PAHs or possible cometabolism.