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Table 2.

Antifungal activity of chitosan nanofibers (NFs) on mycelial growth of dermatophytes.

Sheets	Colony Diameter (mm)
Sheets	M. canis	M. gypseum	T. mentagrophytes	T. rubrum	T. tonsurans
Blank	2.4 ± 0.05 ^a	2.4 ± 0.05 ^a	1.3 ± 0.01 ^a	1.8 ± 0.02 ^a	1.7 ± 0.04 ^a
CNF	1.6 ± 0.06 ^b	3.0 ± 0.07 ^b	1.5 ± 0.03 ^b	1.6 ± 0.04 ^a	1.7 ± 0.06 ^a
Chitosan SK-50 NF	1.4 ± 0.02 ^b	1.0 ± 0.0 ^c	0.5 ± 0.05 ^cd	1.9 ± 0.03 ^a	0.4 ± 0.01 ^bc
Chitosan SK-400 NF	1.1 ± 0.01 ^bc	0.9 ± 0.04 ^c	0.5 ± 0.02 ^c	1.5 ± 0.2 ^a	0.5 ± 0.01 ^bc
Chitosan DAC100 NF	1.2 ± 0.08 ^bc	0.8 ± 0.02 ^c	0.5 ± 0.01 ^cd	1.5 ± 0.04 ^a	0.4 ± 0.02 ^bc
Chitosan SK-50	1.7 ± 0.2 ^b	2.6 ± 0.2 ^ab	0.4 ± 0.01 ^d	2.0 ± 0.09 ^a	0.4 ± 0.02 ^bc
Chitosan SK-400	1.1 ± 0.3 ^bc	2.2 ± 0.2 ^a	0.5 ± 0.01 ^cd	1.8 ± 0.1 ^a	0.4 ± 0.02 ^b
Chitosan DAC100	0.8 ± 0.08 ^c	2.5 ± 0.2 ^ab	1.3 ± 0.01 ^cd	1.5 ± 0.1 ^a	0.5 ± 0.03 ^c
SDCNF	1.6 ± 0.1 ^b	1.0 ± 0.06 ^ac	0.7 ± 0.02 ^e	1.8 ± 0.1 ^a	0.7 ± 0.03 ^d

Data represent the mean of three independent experiments and standard error. Means with the same letter are not significantly different according to Tukey’s test (p < 0.05). CNF, chitin NF; SDCNF, surface-deacetylated CNF.