Antibacterial Efficacy of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Functionalized with the Ubiquicidin (29–41) Antimicrobial Peptide

Table 1

Minimum concentrations needed to inhibit the growth of bacterial cells.

	MIC (μg mL^−1
	E. coli	P. aeruginosa
AuNP	>182	>182
AuNP-SDS	>182	>182
AuNP-UBI	>182	>182
AgNP	130.6 ± 0.5	>168
AgNP-SDS	114.7 ± 1.7	150 ± 10
AgNP-UBI	89.3 ± 1.9	110 ± 3.5

expressed in gold, silver, or peptide concentration required to inhibit bacterial growth.