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. 2016 Dec 15;7:1984. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01984

Table 1.

Interaction indices for combination of AgNPs and antibiotics revealing the presence/absence of synergy in inhibiting bacterial growth.

Antibiotics Interaction Index
Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) Pseudomonas brassicacearum (Pb) Aeromonas hydrophila (Ah) Escherichia coli (Ec) Bacillus cereus (Bc) Staphylococcus aureus (Sa)
Streptomycin (S) 0.95 ± 0.02 2.00 ± 0.12 1.15 ± 0.05 1.17 ± 0.06 1.10 ± 0.06 1.04 ± 0.02
Tetracycline (T) 1.08 ± 0.03 1.26 ± 0.05 1.10 ± 0.02 1.13 ± 0.05 1.19 ± 0.06 1.17 ± 0.06
Kanamycin (K) 0.98 ± 0.02 1.03 ± 0.06 1.22 ± 0.06 1.14 ± 0.05 1.15 ± 0.04 1.07 ± 0.03
Rifampicin (R) 0.98 ± 0.05 1.25 ± 0.06 1.54 ± 0.12 1.54 ± 0.09 1.33 ± 0.09 1.35 ± 0.06