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. 2014 Jul 23;4:95. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00095

Table 2.

Results of the Agar Diffusion assay, performed in triplicate.

Strain Concentration of Ardox-X® technology
0.2% CHX 0.12% CHX 5 SE 7 SE 10 SE* 15 SE 20 SE
Mean (SD) Diff. Mean (SD) Diff. Mean (SD) Diff. Mean (SD) Diff. Mean (SD) Diff. Mean (SD) Diff. Mean (SD) Diff.
An 11 (0) cd 9 (1) cdef 0 NA b 0 NA d 1 (1) cd 1 (1) cde 2 (1) def
Cr 10 (1) cdef 9 (1) def 1 (1) ba 1 (1) cd 2 (1) b 4 (1) b 6 (1) bc
La 10 (2) cdef 9 (0) def 0 NA b 0 NA d 0 NA d 0 NA e 0 NA fg
Pm 9 (1) def 8 (1) fgh 1 (2) ba 1 (1) bcd 1 (1) cd 2 (1) bcde 2 (1) def
Pg K- 14 (1) a 13 (1) a 1 (1) ba 2 (1) bcd 2 (1) bd 3 (1) bcde 4 (1) cd
Pg K1 14 (1) a 12 (1) ab 0.7 (0.6) ba 1 NA cd 2 (0) bd 2 (1) bcde 2.7 (0.6) de
Pg K6 13 (1) ab 12 (0) abc 1 (1) ba 2 (1) abc 2 (1) bd 3 (1) bcde 4 (1) cd
Pi 11 (1) bcd 10 (2) bcde 2.7 (0.6) a 4 (1) abc 5 (1) a 7 (1) a 9 (1) a
Pn 13 (1) bac 11 (1) abcd 3 (1) a 2.7 (0.6) abc 6 (1) a 7 (2) a 9 (2) a
Sa 6 (1) f 6 (0) h 0 NA b 0 NA d 0 NA d 0.3 (0.6) de 1 (1) efg
Sm 9 (1) cdef 9 (1) efg 0 NA b 0 NA d 0 NA d 0 NA e 0 NA g
Ss 7 (1) ef 6 (1) gh 0 NA b 0 NA d 0 NA d 0 NA e 0 NA fg
Tf 13 (1) ab 12 (0) abc 1 (1) ba 1 NA cd 2 (1) bc 3 (1) bcde 4 (1) cd
Vp 9 (1) def 8 (2) fgh 0 NA b 1 (1) d 2 (1) bc 2 (0) bcde 3 (0) de
Aa** 10 (1) 8 (1) 0 NA 0 NA 1 (1) 1 (1) 2 (1)
Fn** 12 (1) 11 (1) 1 (1) 1 (1) 2.5 (0.6) 3.5 (0.7) 5 (1)

Mean size of the inhibition zones (mm) and standard deviation. Diff., Different letters indicate statistically significant difference among the different bacterial strains per-compound (within each column) (p < 0.05; ANOVA, Tukey B-test).

*

n = 6;

**

Excluded from analysis (n = 2); NA, not applicable; SE, standard equivalent units.