Table 1 Antimicrobial activities of free nano-composite and Cu-doped ZnO nano-composite
Test organism | Antimicrobial activity (mm) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Free nano-composite | Nano-composite | Control | |
Bacillus subtilis (ATCC 6633) | 17.93 ± 0.12 | 27.17 ± 0.29 | 20.93 ± 0.12 |
Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 6538) | 20.33 ± 0.58 | 25.07 ± 0.12 | 22.5 ± 0.50 |
Enterococcus faecalis (ATCC 10541) | 18.90 ± 0.17 | 24.93 ± 0.12 | 19.27 ± 0.64 |
Proteus vulgaris | 18.07 ± 0.12 | 27.90 ± 0.17 | 20.97 ± 0.06 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 90274) | 20.0 ± 0.50 | 27.93 ± 0.12 | 19.07 ± 0.12 |
Escherichia coli (ATCC 8739) | 32.63 ± 0.71 | 44.38 ± 0.29 | 30.07 ± 0.12 |
Salmonella typhimurium | 27.07 ± 0.12 | 34.93 ± 0.12 | 31.0 ± 0.20 |
Candida albicans (ATCC 10221) | 24.17 ± 0.29 | 35.13 ± 0.23 | 20.93 ± 0.12 |
Mucor circinelloide | 0.0 ± 0.00 | 0.0 ± 0.00 | 20.87 ± 0.23 |
Aspergillus niger | 0.0 ± 0.00 | 0.0 ± 0.00 | 18.83 ± 0.29 |
Aspergillus flavus | 0.0 ± 0.00 | 0.0 ± 0.00 | 22.83 ± 0.29 |