Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles and Their Effect on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus

Table 1

The effective concentration at 10% inhibition, EC10 (g/L) of unmodified and modified magnetite nanoparticles determined for Gram-negative Escherichia coli and Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus.

	Unmodified magnetite	APTS-magnetite	PEG-magnetite	TEOS-magnetite
E. coli	0.60	0.170	0.509	0.325
S. aureus	NOEC < 1	0.108	0.259	0.128