Research Article

Study of Antibacterial Efficacy of Hybrid Chitosan-Silver Nanoparticles for Prevention of Specific Biofilm and Water Purification

Table 1

The optical density study on E. coli at 600 nm at various contact times of (Cs/Ag)8 hybrid.

Time (h) OD600
Control ( C h i t o s a n / s i l v e r ) 8

00 0 . 0 3 7 5 ± ( 1 . 8 6 8 × 1 0 ( 3 ) ) 0 . 0 3 7 5 ± ( 1 . 7 9 8 × 1 0 ( 3 ) )
04 0 . 1 8 9 1 ± ( 1 6 . 7 0 × 1 0 ( 3 ) ) 0 . 0 4 2 6 ± ( 3 . 0 7 4 × 1 0 ( 3 ) )
24 0 . 2 2 1 9 ± ( 1 2 . 0 4 × 1 0 ( 3 ) ) 0 . 0 7 7 8 ± ( 1 4 . 5 9 × 1 0 ( 3 ) )