Table 1.
MIC (mg/ml) and MBC (mg/ml) of stem AgNPs, Chloramphenicol and its synergistic effect.
| Microorganisms | Alone |
Stem AgNPs + Chloramphenicol (CH) |
FIC |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIC |
MBC |
MIC |
MBC |
MIC |
MBC |
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| AgNPs | CH | AgNPs | CH | AgNPs | CH | AgNPs | CH | AgNPs | CH | ∑FICI | AgNPs | CH | ∑FICI | |
| B. cereus | 2.5 | 1.25 | 5 | 5 | 0.156 | 0.156 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.062 | 0.124 | 0.186 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| B. subtilis | 2.5 | 1.25 | 5 | 5 | 0.156 | 0.156 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.062 | 0.124 | 0.186 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| S. aureus | 0.625 | 1.25 | >10 | 5 | 0.156 | 0.156 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.249 | 0.124 | 0.373 | ND | 0.5 | ND |
| C. rubrum | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5 | 10 | 0.156 | 0.156 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.062 | 0.064 | 0.124 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| E. coli | 0.312 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 10 | 0.156 | 0.156 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.062 | 0.562 | 1 | 0.25 | 1.25 |
| P. aeruginosa | 2.5 | 2.5 | 10 | 10 | 0.625 | 0.625 | 10 | 10 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| S. typhimurium | 0.312 | 1.25 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.078 | 0.078 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 0.25 | 0.062 | 0.312 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| K. pneumoniae | 0.312 | 2.5 | 5 | 10 | 0.156 | 0.156 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.062 | 0.562 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.75 |