Concurrent Synthesis of Zero- and One-Dimensional, Spherical, Rod-, Needle-, and Wire-Shaped CuO Nanoparticles by Proteus mirabilis 10B

Table 1

The maximum inhibition zone of different concentrations of biogenic CuO-NPs, metal precursor, and antibiotics against planktonic pathogens.

Microorganism		Concentration	Zone of inhibition (ZOI) (mm)
			CuO-NP type		Metal precursor	Antibiotics
Class	Strain	μg/ml	Intracellular	Extracellular		Rifamycin	Tetracycline	Streptomycin	Nystatin
Fungi	A. bracelleuse	100	5.3 ± 03	0.3 ± 0.03	1.2 ± 0.3	ND	ND	ND	5.7 ± 0.8
	(ATCC 16404)	200	8.5 ± 0.5	0.4 ± 0.02	2 ± 0.6	ND	ND	ND	9.1 ± 1.2
	C. albicans	100	6.9 ± 0.5	0.3 ± 0.05	1.5 ± 0.6	ND	ND	ND	6.8 ± 0.6
	(ATCC 10231)	200	10 ± 0.7	0.5 ± 0.1	2.1 ± 0.4	ND	ND	ND	9.9 ± 0.5
Gram-negative bacteria	P. aeruginosa	100	3.8 ± 0.8	0 ± 0	0.8 ± 0.2	5.1 ± 0.5	6.1 ± 0.5	5.2 ± .8	ND
	(ATCC 27853)	200	5.3 ± 0.9	0.2 ± 0.09	1.1 ± 0.6	8.9 ± 0.3	10.3 ± 0.9	9.6 ± 1.6	ND
	S. typhi	100	3.2 ± 0.6	0 ± 0	0.8 ± 0.3	5.5 ± 0.6	6.3 ± 0.8	5.5 ± 0.7	ND
	(ATTC 700931)	200	4.7 ± 0.6	0.2 ± 0.07	1.2 ± 0.5	8.1 ± 1.0	10.1 ± 1.3	9.7 ± 1.1	ND
	E. coli	100	3.1 ± 0.2	0.1 ± 0.03	1 ± 0.4	5.7 ± 0.7	6.3 ± 0.8	5.5 ± 0.7	ND
	(ATCC 25922)	200	5.4 ± 0.3	0.3 ± 0.03	1.8 ± 0.6	8.3 ± 0.8	9.2 ± 1.3	9.3 ± 1.3	ND
Gram-positive bacteria	C. perfringens	100	5.8 ± 0.8	0.5 ± 0.05	1.7 ± 0.7	7.4 ± 1.2	8.7 ± 0.8	7.5 ± 1.0	ND
	(ATCC 13124)	200	7 ± 1.1	0.6 ± 0.1	2.6 ± 0.8	13.5 ± 1.5	14.2 ± 1.3	12.2 ± 1.3	ND
	B. cereus	100	8.3 ± 1.2	0.4 ± 0.08	0.8 ± 0.07	7.8 ± 0.6	8.2 ± 0.8	8.4 ± 0.6	ND
	(ATCC 7464)	200	10.6 ± 1.5	0.8 ± 0.08	1.3 ± 0.3	14.2 ± 0.9	15.5 ± 1.5	13.8 ± 1.1	ND
	S. aureuse	100	7.5 ± 0.7	0.2 ± 0.03	1.2 ± 0.5	6.7 ± 0.3	8.3 ± 0.5	7.6 ± 0.8	ND
	(ATCC 25923)	200	9.7 ± 0.3	0.3 ± 0.05	1.8 ± 0.9	12.3 ± 1.0	14.7 ± 1.3	13.2 ± 1.5	ND
	E. faecalis	100	4.8 ± 0.6	0.3 ± 0.07	1.4 ± 0.5	6.3 ± 0.7	7.9 ± 0.7	6.7 ± 0.8	ND
	(ATCC 29212)	200	6.3 ± 0.8	0.5 ± 0.03	2.5 ± 0.7	9.5 ± 1.1	12.2 ± 0.6	10.5 ± 0.5	ND

ND: not detected.