Table 4.
Mean value of zone of inhibition of CNPs synthesized from C. citratus through agar disk-diffusion method.
| Test organism | Zone of inhibition (mm) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNPs (μg/ml) | |||||
| AgNO3 (25 μg/ml) | C25 | C50 | C100 | C150 | |
| Bacillus cereus | 0 | 1.41 ± 0.12 | 6.93 ± 0.08 | 12.23 ± 0.4 | 20.12 ± 0.42 |
| Bacillus licheniformis | 0 | 1.92 ± 0.07 | 7.52 ± 0.42 | 13.24 ± 0.12 | 22.34 ± 0.4 |
| Escherichia coli | 0 | 2.51 ± 0.44 | 8.12 ± 0.12 | 18.96 ± 0.46 | 31.87 ± 0.24 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 | 2.91 ± 0.12 | 9.12 ± 0.14 | 19.23 ± 0.24 | 35.23 ± 0.46 |
±: Standard Deviation (SD) and C(25-150): range of CNPs concentration and AgNO3 (25 μg/ml): as a control. Mean values of each rows are significantly differ from each other according to statistical one way ANOVA (P ≤ 0.05).