Table 4.
Antimicrobial activity of bioactive films with GEO. Note: Different small letters indicate significant differences (p ≤ 0.05).
| Bacterial Strains | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHf with GEO % | Escherichia coli 015:H7 | Staphylococcus aureus | Salmonella sp. | Bacillus subtilis | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Streptococcus sp. |
| inhibition zone (mm) | ||||||
| Control | 8.81 ± 0.00 a | 11.44 ± 0.11 a | 9.77 ± 0.360 a | 12.80 ± 0.006 a | 10.72 ± 0.008 a | 11.38 ± 0.010 a |
| 0.1% | 9.02 ± 0.01 b | 12.62 ± 0.00 b | 11.84 ± 0.017 b | 14.66 ± 0.005 b | 13.27 ± 0.008 b | 15.25 ± 0.00 b |
| 0.2% | 11.38 ± 0.01 c | 14.91 ± 0.005 c | 12.57 ± 0.008 c | 15.26 ± 0.021 c | 13.36 ± 0.015 b | 15.44 ± 0.015 b |
| 0.3% | 13.11 ± 0.02 d | 17.35 ± 0.01 d | 14.95± 0.017 d | 17.52 ± 0.008 d | 14.90 ± 0.012 c | 18.35 ± 0.012 c |