Table 4 Diameter of zone of inhibition (in cm) of Candida spp at different pH and temperature.

From: Unveiling the antifungal and antibiofilm potential of green synthesized silver nanoparticles from leaf extract of Selaginella bryopteris

Tested strain

Treatments given to AgNPs

pH 3/37°C

pH 5/37°C

pH 9/37°C

pH 11/37°C

Stock AgNPs (pH 7, temperature 37°C)

3°C/pH 7

55°C/pH 7

70°C/pH 7

C. albicans (ATCC 90,028)

1.5 ± 0.01

1.58 ± 0.005

1.68 ± 0.005

1.89 ± 0.005

1.51 ± 0.01

1.1 ± 0.05

1.91 ± o.oo5

1.7 ± 0.006

C. krusei (ATCC 6258)

1.48 ± 0.005

1.58 ± 0.01

1.68 ± 0.005

1.89 ± 0.01

1.48 ± 0.005

1.1 ± 0.05

1.9 ± 0.005

1.68 ± 0.006

C. parapsilosis (ATCC 22,019)

1.48 ± 0.005

1.61 ± 0.005

1.70 ± 0.005

1.90 ± 0.005

1.51 ± 0.01

1.2 ± 0.04

1.89 ± 0.005

1.68 ± 0.007

C. glabrata (ATCC 15,545)

1.5 ± 0.005

1.6 ± 0.005

1.71 ± 0.01

1.90 ± 0.005

1.5 ± 0.005

1.2 ± 0.05

1.9 ± 0.008

1.7 ± 0.005

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