Table 5.

Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) of Nanoparticles

Microorganisms	MIC (Expressed in %)					MBC (Expressed in %)
	Doxycycline	CO-CNF	50 SNPs	100 SNPs	200 SNPs	Doxycycline	CO-CNF	50 SNPs	100 SNPs	200 SNPs
S. mutans	20	N	100	80	70	50	N	100	100	90
P. gingivalis	40	N	100	90	50	70	N	120	100	70

Note: Data are expressed on the basis of the percentage of each drug concentration.

Abbreviations: MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration; MBC, minimum bactericidal concentration; CO-CNF, ĸ-carrageenan oligosaccharides linked cellulose nanofibers; 50 SNPs, 50 mg surfactin-loaded CO-CNF nanoparticles; 100 SNPs, 100 mg surfactin-loaded CO-CNF nanoparticles; 200S NPs, 200 mg surfactin-loaded CO-CNF nanoparticles.