Table 3.

MBC of the biosynthesized AgNPs from A. bisporus against foodborne bacterial strains after incubation at 37 °C for 24 h.

Foodborne pathogen strains	MBC (µg/mL) of AgNPs
	1000 (control)	500	250	125	75	50	25	12.5
B. cereus ATCC 11778	_	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
E. coli ATCC 8379	_	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
E. faecalis ATCC 29212	_	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
K. quasipneumoniae ATTC 700603	_	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853	_	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
S. typhi DSM 17058	_	_	+	+	+	+	+	+
S. sonnei DSM 5570	_	_	+	+	+	+	+	+
S. aureus ATCC 29737	_	_	+	+	+	+	+	+
Spectrum activity (%)	8/8	3/8	0/8	0/8	0/8	0/8	0/8	0/8
	100	37.5	0	0	0	0	0	0

_ no growth, + positive growth.