Table 2 Antibacterial effect of CuO-NWs & CuO-NPs against Acinetobacter baumannii strains.

From: Arc discharge rapid synthesis of engineered copper oxides nano shapes with potent antibacterial activity against multi-drug resistant bacteria

Tested strains

CuO-NPs

CuO-NWs

IZ (mm)

MIC (µg/mL)

IZ (mm)

MIC (µg/mL)

A. baumannii 1

15.0

250.0

17.0

250.0

A. baumannii 2

20.0

125.0

31.0

30.0

A. baumannii 3

25.0

30.0

40.0

3.7

A. baumannii 4

18.0

250.0

28.0

30.0

A. baumannii 5

19.0

250.0

28.0

30.0

A. baumannii 6

19.0

250.0

30.0

30.0

A. baumannii 7

20.0

125.0

30.0

30.0

A. baumannii 8

20.0

125.0

34.0

15.0

A. baumannii 9

19.0

250.0

31.0

15.0

A. baumannii 10

28.0

30.0

52.0

1.8