Table 2.

The percentage growth reduction (R) and antibacterial activity (A) of antibacterial tests for fabric-reinforced composites.

State	Samples	Absorption method				Shake-flask method
		S. aureus		E. coli		S. aureus		E. coli
		R (%)	A*	R (%)	A*	R (%)	A*	R (%)	A*
Lyophilized	0.25%CS/BNC	97.79	1.65	96.67	1.46	16.07	0.08	1.32	0.05
	0.50%CS/BNC	98.34	1.77	99.67	2.44	27.36	0.22	32.62	0.19
	0.75%CS/BNC	99.24	2.12	99.76	2.59	56.97	0.38	67.24	0.49
Hydrogel	0.25%CS/BNC	29.71	0.16	27.36	0.12	9.89	0.04	10.35	0.01
	0.50%CS/BNC	73.22	0.60	69.26	0.50	26.21	0.15	36.13	0.16
	0.75%CS/BNC	88.37	0.96	85.98	0.85	32.05	0.17	44.53	0.22

^*The growth value on the control sample (F-value) for all the tests was more than 1.5, which verifies the effectiveness of antibacterial tests.