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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nanomedicine. 2009 Feb 13;5(4):443–451. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2009.01.015

Table 2.

Broth MIC values for polyacrylate emulsions prepared with different surfactants, tested against MRSA either before or after purification.

Surfactant used to prepare poly(butyl acrylate-styrene) nanoparticle emulsions Minimum inhibitory concentration (μg/ml) against MRSA (ATCC 43300)
Unpurified emulsion Purified emulsion

Anionic (1) 64 128
Cationic (2) 4 8
Zwitterionic (3) 128 256
Nonionic (4) 256 256
Anionic surfmer (5) 64 128
Cationic surfmer (6) 16 32
Nonionic surfmer (9) 256 256