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Table 2.

Antimicrobial activity of the GEO and CF in disc-diffusion method

Sample	*Inhibition zone (mm)
	Staphylococcus aureus, isolated from fish	Staphylococcus aureus,	Escherichia coli, isolated from fish	Escherichia coli,
	Staphylococcus aureus, isolated from fish	ATCC 25923	Escherichia coli, isolated from fish	ATCC 25922
DMSO (Negative Control)	0.00 ± 0.00^Aa	0.00 ± 0.00^Aa	0.00 ± 0.00^Aa	0.00 ± 0.00^Aa
Plastic Film	0.00 ± 0.00^Aa	0.00 ± 0.00^Aa	0.00 ± 0.00^Aa	0.00 ± 0.00^Aa
CF	0.00 ± 0.00^Aa	0.00 ± 0.00^Aa	0.00 ± 0.00^Aa	0.00 ± 0.00^Aa
CF (A)	6.7 ± 0.65^Cb	8.5 ± 0.29^Db	1.2 ± 0.24^Ab	2.5 ± 0.43^Bb
CF (B)	7.4 ± 0.05^Bb	9.9 ± 0.29^Cb	2.5 ± 0.10^Ac	2.9 ± 0.67^Ab
CF (C)	10.2 ± 0.31^Cc	14.5 ± 0.71^Dc	3.9 ± 0.45^Ad	4.5 ± 0.83^Bc
GEO (A)	21.33 ± 0.33^Cd	22.17 ± 0.16^Dd	4 ± 0.33^Ad	5 ± 0.10^Bc
GEO (B)	24.63 ± 0.15^BCe	25.45 ± 0.11^Ce	9 ± 0.12^Ae	9.2 ± 0.44^Ad
GEO (C)	28.67 ± 0.10^Cf	32.33 ± 0.34^Df	11 ± 0.15^Af	13 ± 0.46^ABe
Ampicillin (Positive Control)	30.45 ± 0.15^Cg	35.12 ± 0.16^Dg	20 ± 0.43^Ag	24 ± 0.12^Bf

GEO = Ginger Essential Oil, CF = Chitosan Film

A = 0.1 %, B = 0.2 %, and C = 0.3 % GEO

^a-gMean ± standard deviation in the same column with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05)

^A-DMean ± standard deviation in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05)