Novelty of Bioengineered Iron Nanoparticles in Nanocoated Surgical Cotton: A Green Chemistry

Table 3

Diameter of the zone of inhibition of GR-FeNPs against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

Pathogens	Diameter of the zone of inhibition (mm)
	GR-FeNPs (30 µg/ml)	Antibiotic (kanamycin 30 µg/disk)	FeCl3 (0.01 M)	Plant extract	Distilled water
Bacillus subtilis MCC 2244	10 ± 0.2	20 ± 0.4	5 ± 0.3	3 ± 0.2	NO
Escherichia coli MCC 2246	18 ± 0.34	13 ± 0.4	8 ± 0.2	2 ± 0.1	NO
Klebsiella pneumoniae MCC 2716	16 ± 0.4	12 ± 0.3	7 ± 0.3	2 ± 0.2	NO
Staphylococcs aureus MCC 2408	13 ± 0.23	15 ± 0.3	5 ± 0.4	3 ± 0.1	NO

NO: not observed