Cellulose Acetate Based Material with Antibacterial Properties Created by Supercritical Solvent Impregnation

Table 2

Results of antibacterial analysis of pure CA and CA impregnated with carvacrol.

Bacterial strain	Inhibition zones (mm)
	Control	6.0%	33.6%	60.0%
Acinetobacter sp. (GA11)	0	1	40	40
Bacillus anthracis	0	5	16	32
Bacillus cereus	0	6	12	20
Bacillus subtilis	0	0	12	23
Corynebacterium sp.	0	0	7	15
Escherichia coli	0	4	14	20
Klebsiella pneumoniae (GA15)	0	6	7	10
Listeria monocytogenes ATCC19111	0	0	12	20
Listeria ivanovii ATCC19119	0	0	6	21
Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA 7)	0	4	12	30
Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA 74)	0	4	11	22
Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA 75)	0	5	20	30
Rhodococcus equi	0	6	14	30
Salmonella Enteritidis	0	5	9	19
Streptococcus pyogenes	0	0	9	21
Streptococcus pneumoniae	0	10	23	35