Antibiotic Conjugated Fluorescent Carbon Dots as a Theranostic Agent for Controlled Drug Release, Bioimaging, and Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity

Table 1

Antimicrobial activity of bare C-dots, bare ciprofloxacin, and Cipro@C-dots conjugate on different gram positive and gram negative microorganisms.

Microorganisms	Average diameter of zone of inhibition (mm) ± standard deviation (𝜎)
	Bare C-dots	Bare ciprofloxacin	Cipro@C-dots conjugate
B. subtilis	1.2±0.2	2.5±0.3	3.1±0.2
S. aureus	1.4±0.1	2.7±0.2	2.5±0.2
E. coli	1.1±0.1	2.6±0.1	2.5±0.1
P. aeruginosa	1.3±0.1	3.1±0.1	3.3±0.2