Table 3.

Inhibition zones of the plant extracts and AgNPs against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria strains (p > 0.05).

Bacterial Strains		Inhibition Zone ± SD, mm:
		E. globulus	S. officinalis	EuG-AgNPs	SaO-AgNPs
Gram-positive	S. aureus	14.4 ± 0.01 d	17.9 ± 0.20 c	20.0 ± 0.10 b	24.4 ± 0.05 a
	B. cereus	13.2 ± 0.05 d	15.7 ± 0.70 c	20.4 ± 0.08 b	24.0 ± 0.10 a
	P. vulgaris	14.7 ± 0.10 c	13.2 ± 0.55 d	18.2 ± 0.09 b	20.0 ± 0.22 a
	B. subtilis	14.0 ± 0.01 c	13.1 ± 0.01 d	20.0 ± 0.20 a	18.8 ± 0.18 b
Gram-negative	E. coli	14.0 ± 0.02 c	13.9 ± 0.01 d	19.0 ± 0.01 b	22.4 ± 0.03 a
	P. aeruginosa	13.8 ± 0.01 c	13.0 ± 0.10 d	20.1 ± 0.03 b	20.9 ± 0.27 a
	K. pneumoniae	13.6 ± 0.04 c	13.2 ± 0.25 d	21.5 ± 0.01 b	23.0 ± 0.14 a
	P. mirabilis	12.5 ± 0.08 d	12.8 ± 0.10 c	19.7 ± 0.10 b	20.7 ± 0.40 a

The different superscript letters in the same line indicate statistically significant differences between Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria strains of plant extracts (p < 0.05).