Table 2. Obtained Results from Disk Diffusion and CFU Tests of Ag/Fe₃O₄@SiO₂-IT Nanocomposites.

sample	ZOI E. coli (mm)	ZOI S. aureus (mm)	P.C (E. coli)	P.C (S. aureus)
gentamicina	6 ± 0.7	7.5 ± 0.8	768 ± 71	644 ± 59
Ag/Fe3O4@SiO2	1.86 ± 0.27	2.25 ± 0.31	287 ± 45	67 ± 5
Ag/Fe3O4@SiO2-IT	2.13 ± 0.31	2.98 ± 0.22	255 ± 34	52 ± 3

^aControl+, mm: clear area in millimeters, P.C: plate count; results were obtained after 24 h.