Fabrication and Super-Antibacterial Property of Nanosilver/Sericin/Poly(ethylene oxide) Nanofibers through Electrospinning-Combined Postdeposition Method

Table 3

Antibacterial activities of the nanofiber mats.

	Silver nitrate content (%)	E. coli		S. aureus
		Surviving cells (CFU/mL)	Reduction (%)	Surviving cells (CFU/mL)	Reduction (%)
Ag-SS/PEO nanofiber mats	0.005	8.04 × 10^5	65.03	0.50 × 10^5	50.79
	0.01	4.24 × 10^5	70.11	1.12 × 10^5	61.45
	0.02	2.24 × 10^5	85.25	5.20 × 10^4	80.97
Ag/SS/PEO nanofiber mats	0.005	1.04 × 10^4	90.93	1.20 × 10^4	89.92
	0.01	4.04 × 10^3	95.97	1.20 × 10^3	95.96
	0.02	<30	99.99	<30	99.99