Abstract:
Microbial-inorganic hybrid materials are developing rapidly due to the natural doping of biological elements such as N and P in their synthesis process which give them superior properties not found in ordinary hybrid materials. At present, microorganism-inorganic hybrid materials have been widely used in many fields such as antimicrobial activity, catalytic activity, application for environmental remediation and anti-tumor. Despite the wide variety of microorganism-inorganic hybrid materials, these hybrid systems can be classified into two categories, cell-inorganic microbial hybrid materials and non-cell-inorganic hybrid materials, according to the way in which microorganisms are involved. Based on the typical characteristics of these two kinds of hybrid materials, this paper highlights the latest research progress of microbial-inorganic hybrids, especially the synthesis methods and applications of microbial-inorganic hybrids, and also provides an outlook on the research prospects in this field.