Research Article
Cellulose Acetate Based Material with Antibacterial Properties Created by Supercritical Solvent Impregnation
Table 2
Results of antibacterial analysis of pure CA and CA impregnated with carvacrol.
| Bacterial strain | Inhibition zones (mm) | Control | 6.0% | 33.6% | 60.0% |
| Acinetobacter sp. (GA11) | 0 | 1 | 40 | 40 | Bacillus anthracis | 0 | 5 | 16 | 32 | Bacillus cereus | 0 | 6 | 12 | 20 | Bacillus subtilis | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23 | Corynebacterium sp. | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | Escherichia coli | 0 | 4 | 14 | 20 | Klebsiella pneumoniae (GA15) | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | Listeria monocytogenes ATCC19111 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20 | Listeria ivanovii ATCC19119 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA 7) | 0 | 4 | 12 | 30 | Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA 74) | 0 | 4 | 11 | 22 | Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA 75) | 0 | 5 | 20 | 30 | Rhodococcus equi | 0 | 6 | 14 | 30 | Salmonella Enteritidis | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | Streptococcus pyogenes | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | Streptococcus pneumoniae | 0 | 10 | 23 | 35 |
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