@article { ISI:000228418700023,
	title = {Bioleaching of sand by the fungus fusarium oxysporum as a means of producing extracellular silica nanoparticles},
	journal = {Advanced Materials},
	volume = {17},
	number = {7},
	year = {2005},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {889+},
	publisher = {WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 10 11 61, D-69451 WEINHEIM, GERMANY},
	abstract = {<p>A plant pathogenic fungus, Fusarium oxysporum, can be used as a biological model system for the extracellular bioleaching of hollow spherical silica nanoparticles (see Figure) from sand. The room-temperature synthesis of oxide nanomaterials using microorganisms starting from potential waste materials could lead to eco-friendly and economically viable methods for the large-scale synthesis of nanomaterials.</p>},
	issn = {0935-9648},
	doi = {10.1002/adma.200401176},
	author = {Bansal, Vipul and Sanyal, A. and Rautaray, D. and Ahmad, Absar and Sastry, Murali}
}
