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Table 3.

Comparison of the antibacterial efficacy of phytosynthesized rGO in the current work and that reported in literature.

Sample	Sample concentration (mg mL⁻¹)	Bacterial strain	Zone of inhibition (mm)	References
rGO	–	Bacillus subtilis	2	(Rani et al. 2019)
rGO		Escherichia coli	1.9
rGO-Cu₂O		Bacillus subtilis	3.5
rGO-Cu₂O		Escherichia coli	3
rGO	100	Escherichia coli	18	(Vatandost et al. 2020)
rGO		Staphyllococus aureus	23
GO		Escherichia coli	Resistant
GO		Staphyllococus aureus	Resistant
Pd-RGO-ZnO nanocomposite	–	Klebsiella pneumonia	11	(Rajeswari and Prabu 2020)
Pd-RGO-ZnO nanocomposite	–	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	10	(Rajeswari and Prabu 2020)
Ag-rGO nanocomposite	100	Staphyllococus aureus	8	(Rajeswari et al. 2017)
		Bacillus subtilis	9
		Escherichia coli	18
GO	100	Bacillus subtilis	9	(Thiyagarajulu and Arumugam 2021)
		Escherichia coli	8
		Pseudomonas aeruginosa	6
rGO		Bacillus subtilis	16
		Escherichia coli	12.5
		Pseudomonas aeruginosa	7.5
rGO-ZnO nanocomposite	200	Klebsiella pneumonia	14	(Rajeswari and Prabu 2018)
rGO-ZnO nanocomposite	200	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	14.5	(Rajeswari and Prabu 2018)
GO	100	Bacillus subtilis	9	(Thiyagarajulu et al. 2020)
		Escherichia coli	8
		Pseudomonas aeruginosa	6
rGO		Bacillus subtilis	18
		Escherichia coli	14
		Pseudomonas aeruginosa	7.5
Au-rGO nanocomposite	150	Klebsiella pneumonia	23.4	(Saikia et al. 2016)
		Pseudomonas aeruginosa	24.4
		Staphyllococus aureus	21.4
rGO	–	Escherichia coli	11	(Joshi et al. 2020)
rGO	100	Escherichia coli	No growth (sensitive)	The current work
		Klebsiella pneumonia	No growth (sensitive)
		Bacillus subtilis	Resistant
		Staphyllococus aureus	Resistant