Table 1.

Antimicrobial potential of AgNPs synthesized using aqueous extract of seaweed E. compressa against different human pathogenic bacterial and fungal strains.

Bacteria	Zone of inhibition (mm)	Fungi	Zone of inhibition (mm)
Escherichia coli	12.0 ± 0.41	Aspergillus terreus	9.2 ± 0.47
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	11.4 ± 0.82	Aspergillus flavus	10.0 ± 0.82
Klebsiella pneumoniae	11.5 ± 0.62	Aspergillus ochraceus	9.5 ± 0.14
Stapylococcus aureus	11.1 ± 0.47	Aspergillus niger	10.2 ± 0.47
Salmonella paratyphi	10.5 ± 0.42	Fusarium moniliforme	9.4 ± 0.84

Results are the mean values of three independent experiments and SDs are shown. All the values are statistically significant (P < 0.001).