Table 2.
Minimum inhibitory concentration values for silver nanoparticles against different microbial strains; NP: Nanoparticles; PC: Positive control (Antibiotics- Levofloxacin for Gram + ve bacteria; Ampilox for Gram –ve bacteria and fluconazole for Candida albicans).
| Parameter | Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) (μg/mL) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gram-positive bacterium |
Gram-negative bacterium |
Fungal pathogen |
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S. a |
B. c |
E. coli |
P. aeruginosa |
Candida albicans |
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| NP | PC | NP | PC | NP | PC | NP | PC | NP | PC | |
| MIC value | 31.25 | 125 | 125 | 31.25 | 62.5 | 3.90 | 62.5 | 3.90 | 62.5 | NIL |