The Antibacterial and Antifungal Textile Properties Functionalized by Bimetallic Nanoparticles of Ag/Cu with Different Structures

Table 4

The effect of the type of textiles on the antibacterial and antifungal properties with use solution of Ag⁺/Cu²⁺. The static activity was determined in accordance with the following equation: (see details in Section 2). The lethal activity was determined in accordance with the following equation: (see details in Section 2).

Bacterial strain	Candida albicans		Escherichia coli		Staphylococcus aureus
	ATCC 10231		ATCC 8739		ATCC 6538
Inoculum (cell/mL)	1.1 ± 0.2 × 10^5		0.9 ± 0.2 × 10^5		1.2 ± 0.2 × 10^5
Value of growth ()	1.53		1.51		1.56
Type of textiles	Malwa 150-Optical White
Washing cycle			()/()		()/()
5	4,02/2,48	99.99%	Absence	100%	Absence	100%
Type of textiles	Barrier textile ESD 150-gray
Washing cycle	()/()		()/()		()/()
5	Absence	100%	Absence	100%	Absence	100%

The activity of static ()/lethal (). The % reduction in cell growth relative to the control samples.
Absence means the complete elimination of microorganisms. The sample is active microbiologically.