Table 2 Antibacterial activity of gamma-irradiated CdS-CoxNi1-xFe2O4/SiO2/TiO2 NPs, against some pathogenic bacteria as ZOI (mm) and MIC (μg/ml)
Pathogenic bacteria | ZOI of non-irradiated CdS-CoxNi1-xFe2O4/SiO2/TiO2 NPs (mm) | ZOI of irradiated CdS-CoxNi1-xFe2O4/SiO2/TiO2 NPs at 25 kGy (20 ppm) (mm) | ZOI of irradiated CdS-CoxNi1-xFe2O4/SiO2/TiO2 NPs at 50 kGy (20 ppm) (mm) | ZOI of irradiated CdS-CoxNi1-xFe2O4/SiO2/TiO2 NPs at 100 kGy (20 ppm) (mm) | MIC of irradiated CdS-CoxNi1-xFe2O4/SiO2/TiO2 NPs at 100 kGy (20 ppm) (µg/ml) | ▪ gAX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Staphylococcus sciuri | 9.0a ± 0.5507 | 12.0a ± 0.1527 | 12.0a ± 0.5000 | 13.0a ± 0.1527 | 1.560 | 20.0 |
Staphylococcus vilulinus | 11.0cd ± 0.2886 | 13.0bc ± 0.2886 | 19.0d ± 0.1527 | 25.0d ± 0.5000 | 0.195 | 10.0 |
Enterococcus columbae | 10.0bc ± 0.2886 | 12.0a ± 0.5000 | 14.0b ± 0.2886 | 19.0bc ± 0.2886 | 0.780 | 12.0 |
Aerococcus viridians | 10.0b ± 0.1527 | 12.0ab ± 0.5196 | 16.0c ± 0.5507 | 18.0b ± 0.1527 | 0.780 | 13.0 |
Staphylococcus lentus | 18.0e ± 0.2886 | 22.0d ± 0.1527 | 29.0e ± 0.1527 | 41.0e ± 0.5527 | 0.0487 | 24.0 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 10.0bc ± 0.5000 | 29.0e ± 0.5507 | 35.0f ± 0.5000 | 44.0f ± 0.5000 | 0.0243 | 25.0 |