Antimicrobial Activity of the Synthesized of Copper Chalcogenide Nanoparticles

Table 5

Antimicrobial activity of the synthesized copper chalcogenides in comparison with previously published data.

Zone of inhibition (mm) and/MIC (mg/mL)
Bacterial strains	Enterococcus faecalis		Staphylococcus aureus		Pseudomonas aeruginosa		Enterococcus coli		References
Synthesized NPs	Results obtained	Literature	Results obtained	Literature	Results obtained	Literature	Results obtained	Literature
CuSe	12 mm	_	5 mm	_	12 mm	_	14 mm	_	_
CuS	8 nm and 0.16 mg/mL	0.39 mg/mL	9 nm and 0.08 mg/mL	<0.05 mg/mL	24 nm and 0.04 mg/mL	3.125 mg/mL	25 nm and 0.31 mg/mL	_	Mofokeng [43]
CuO	12 mm	_	13 mm	22 mm	26 mm	21 mm	28 mm	20 mm	Azam [33]