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Table 3.

Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) in mg/ml of citric acid coated magnetite nanoparticles against gram-positive strain Staphylococcus aureus, gram-negative strain Escherichia coli and fungal strain Aspergillus niger.

Nanoparticle	Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) (mg/mL)
Nanoparticle	Aspergillus Niger	Staphylococcus aureus	Escherichia coli
Fe₃O₄@CA NPs	0.625^a	0.30^a	0.30^a
Streptomycin	-	0.15	0.15
Fluconazole	1.250	-	-
Normal saline	-	-	-

^a No significant difference between the triplicates according to one way ANOVA.