Screening Antimicrobial Activity of Nickel Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Ocimum sanctum Leaf Extract

Table 1

Zone of inhibition (mean ± SD) of NiGs against bacterial and fungal pathogens.

Zone of inhibition (mm)
Bacteria	Leaf extract	NiGs (µg/mL)
		25	50	100
E. coli	9.0 ± 0.2	15.3 ± 0.3	19.2 ± 0.5	25.1 ± 0.1
K. pneumoniae	7.8 ± 0.9	9.5 ± 0.5	18.1 ± 0.7	23.3 ± 0.7
S. typhi	5.8 ± 0.3	8.0 ± 1.4	18.3 ± 0.3	20.2 ± 0.3
B. subtilis	5.2 ± 0.5	7.1 ± 0.8	16.5 ± 0.2	19.5 ± 0.5
S. epidermidis	3.9 ± 0.6	5.2 ± 0.3	16.0 ± 0.8	18.6 ± 0.9
Fungi	Leaf extract	NiGs (µg/mL)
		25	50	100
C. albicans	7.8 ± 0.1	14.5 ± 0.4	18.2 ± 0.7	23.1 ± 0.4
C. tropicalis	5.2 ± 0.6	12.4 ± 0.8	14.4 ± 0.2	21.6 ± 0.9
A. clavatus	4.5 ± 0.3	10.4 ± 0.1	14.3 ± 0.1	18.7 ± 0.5
A. fumigatus	3.7 ± 0.4	8.5 ± 0.3	10.7 ± 0.9	15.5 ± 0.6
A. niger	2.5 ± 0.1	6.2 ± 0.5	7.5 ± 0.5	12.4 ± 0.1