Table 1 MICs in µg/mL of CuFe2O4 nanoparticles and CuFe2O4@SiO2-polymer against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

From: Fabrication and biological investigation of a novel star polymer based on magnetic cyclic aromatic polyimide chains

Agents

MIC mean \(\pm\) SD (MBC mean \(\pm\) SD) for 3 independent tests

S. aureus

E. coli

P. aeruginosa

CuFe2O4@SiO2-polymer

1000 ± 0.0

510 ± 0.8

512 ± 0.34

CuFe2O4

612 ± 0.0

270 ± 0.6

253 ± 0.82

Penicillin

2.1 ± 0.0

5.9 ± 0.0

274 ± 0.7

Streptomycin

14.27 ± 0.0

3.8 ± 0.7

7.9 ± 0.52

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