Table 2 Agar well diffusion shows antimicrobial potential of citric acid coated magnetite nanoparticles expressed in diameter of zones of Inhibition (mm) as mean ± sd, p < 0.05.

From: Potent antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity of citric acid coated magnetite nanoparticles for leather preservation

Nanoparticle

Diameter of zone of Inhibition (mm)

Aspergillus Niger

Staphylococcus aureus

Escherichia coli

Fe3O4@CA NPs

23 ± 0.2a

22 ± 0.7a

27 ± 0.9a

Streptomycin

-

21 ± 0.5

29 ± 0.3

Fluconazole

18 ± 0.3

-

-

Normal saline

-

-

-

  1. a No significant difference between the triplicates according to one way ANOVA.
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