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Table 2 EC₁₀ and EC₅₀ values [mg/kg] of the silver nanomaterial NM-300K for the inhibition of substrate-induced respiration activity

From: Evaluation of microbial shifts caused by a silver nanomaterial: comparison of four test systems

Day	Glucose		Cellobiose		l-Alanine		Cysteine
Day	EC₁₀ ^a	EC₅₀ ^a	EC₁₀ ^a	EC₅₀ ^a	EC₁₀ ^a	EC₅₀ ^a	EC₁₀ ^a	EC₅₀ ^a
7	0.31 [0.07–1.51]	4.92 [2.43–9.97]	0.12 [0.01–1.64]	3.61 [1.13–11.53]	0.30 [0.01–11.42]	nd^b	nd	nd
14	1.69 [0.63–4.53]	9.46 [6.25–14.31]	0.12 [0.01–1.59]	3.63 [1.15–11.50]	2.71 [0.69–10.63]	nd	nd	nd
28	0.42 [0.24–0.76]	10.28 [8.06–13.10]	0.40 [0.07–0.88]	10.04 [6.09–23.09]	nd	nd	nd	nd

^aValues in brackets indicate 95% confidence limit
^bnd, not determinable due to data quality or not plausible (e.g., considerably outside the range of test concentrations)

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