Antimicrobial activity(mm inhibition zone) of fabricated CMC/PVA/CuO bionanocomposites suspensions against some pathogenic microorganismsa.
Strains | CMC/PVA/CuO bionanocomposites | |||
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0.0, CuO-NPs% | 0.3, CuO-NPs% | 0.6, CuO-NPs% | 0.9, CuO-NPs% | |
Bacillus cereus | 9c | 17d | 20b | 23a |
Staphylococcus aureus | 11d | 19c | 23b | 30a |
Listeria monocytogenes | 12d | 21c | 26b | 32a |
Escherichia coli | 13d | 16c | 20b | 25a |
Yersinia enterocolitica | 14c | 23b | 25b | 31a |
Salmonella typhimurium | 10c | 14b | 20a | 22a |
Aspergillus niger | 10d | 14c | 23b | 30a |
Aspergillus flavus | 14d | 20c | 26b | 35a |
Means with same superscript, lower case (effect of coating) in the same row are not significantly different (P < 0.05).