Table 5.
Inhibitory concentrations (IC50 and IC90; μg/mL) of AgNPs-3MPS, AgNPs-3MPS-TG1 and AgNPs-3MPS-TG2 against reference bacterial strains. Experiments were performed in triplicate and mean IC vales are reported ± the standard deviation.
| Strain | IC50 | IC90 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AgNPs-3MPS | AgNPs-3MPS-TG1 | AgNPs-3MPS-TG2 | AgNPs-3MPS | AgNPs-3MPS-TG1 | AgNPs-3MPS-TG2 | |
| E. coli ATCC47076 | 55 ± 2.2 | 27 ± 1.5 | 33 ± 2.3 | 122 ± 2.9 | 56 ± 3.2 | 119 ± 2.4 |
| S. aureus ATCC25923 | >128 | 59 ± 2.4 | 62 ± 3.3 | >128 | >128 | >128 |
| K. pneumoniae ATCC27736 | >128 | 122 ± 2.6 | >128 | >128 | >128 | >128 |
| A. baumannii ATCC19606T | >128 | >128 | >128 | >128 | >128 | >128 |
| P. aeruginosa ATCC15692 | 98 ± 3.6 | 25 ± 3.2 | 88 ±2.6 | 119 ± 3.1 | 31 ± 2.5 | 120 ± 2.7 |
| E. faecalis ATCC29212 | 126 ± 1.2 | 39 ± 2.4 | 28 ± 2.2 | >128 | 59 ± 2.3 | >128 |