Fig. 3.

For evaluation of the MLN and LQbATP assay results, data was transformed to read the growth of S. aureus (a) and P. aeruginosa (b) in [%] compared to the medium control. It was found that the basic materials alginate, CMC, and PU-foam with TLC did not significantly affect bacterial growth. Extracts of alginate + ionic-Ag and alginate + nano-Ag demonstrated a complete reduction of S. aureus and P. auruginosa. Differing results were found for the extracts of CMC with Ag⁺ and PU-foam with TLC/Ag⁺. Here, the LQbATP did not show an equal reduction of microbial growth compared to MLN where inhibition of bacterial growth was clearly observable