Antibacterial activity of capped and decapped (ethanol washed-SDS treated) AgNPs.

Amount of nanoparticles	Decapped AgNPs		Capped AgNPs
	E. coli	Bacillus cereus	E. coli	Bacillus cereus
5 μg	10 ± 0.6 mm	9 ± 0.5 mm	19 ± 0.9 mm	12 ± 0.8 mm
10 μg	13 ± 0.4 mm	11 ± 0.6 mm	23 ± 1.5 mm	20 ± 1.5 mm
15 μg	15 ± 0.7 mm	14 ± 0.9 mm	25 ± 1.2 mm	23 ± 1.6 mm
20 μg	16 ± 0.8 mm	17 ± 1.1 mm	27 ± 1.4 mm	25 ± 1.8 mm