Table 3.

Antimicrobial test results of untreated and treated p-aramids.

Samples	Bacterial No. (cfu/Sample)
	Escherichia coli a	Pseudomonas aeruginosa b	Staphylococcus aureus c
Untreated p-aramid (# 1)	2.9 × 105	4.2 × 105	1.34 × 105
p-aramid treated with GTAC (# 2)	1.18 × 102	4.65 × 103	5.05 × 102
p-aramid treated with AgNPs (# 3)	0	1.7 × 102	3.24 × 103
p-aramid treated with GTAC/AgNPs (# 4)	0	0	0
p-aramid treated with GTAC/AgNPs after 5 washing cycles	0	0	0

^a Total bacteria: 5.7 × 10⁶ cfu/sample; ^b Total bacteria: 8.9 × 10⁶ cfu/sample; ^c Total bacteria: 7.6 × 10⁶ cfu/sample.