TABLE 3.
Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) and minimal bactericidal concentrations (MBC).
| Bacterial strain | AgNO3
|
20 nm Ag-nps
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIC (μg/mL) | MBC (μg/mL) | MIC (μg/mL) | MBC (μg/mL) | |
| S. aureus | 2 | 4 | 32 | 32 |
| E. coli | 2 | 2 | 64 | 85.3 |
The data are expressed as means. All standard errors of the means were zero.