Biocidal polymers: synthesis and antimicrobial properties of benzaldehyde derivatives immobilized onto amine-terminated polyacrylonitrile

Table 5 MIC of selected polymers against different sensitive microorganisms

Tested microorganism	Percentage of surviving cells(% Optical density)
	*Biocidal polymers*
	V^a	VI^a	VII^b	VIII^b	IX^b	X^b
Escherichia coli	-	29	25	28	28	27
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	25	27	27	27	27	28
Salmonella typhi	26	28	26	26	28	28
Staphylococcus aureus	24	27	26	29	26	27
Aspergillus niger	24	27	24	27	27	26
Aspergillus flavus	24	28	24	27	27	25
Candida albicans	25	26	24	26	27	27
Cryptpcoccus neoformans	25	28	25	26	28	27

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