Evidence for antimicrobial activity associated with common house spider silk

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Table 2 Table of absorbance readings of growth of E.coli when exposed to the silk of T. domestica

Trial No.	Control absorbance reading	Silk sample reading	Inhibition %	Sign test
1	0.06	0.055	8.333333	+
2	0.15	0.07	53.33333	+
3	0.11	0.065	40.90909	+
4	0.13	0.08	38.46154	+
5	0.15	0.11	26.66667	+
6	0.07	0.065	7.142857	+
7	0.33	0.33	0
8	0.43	0.4	6.976744	+
9	1.244	1.22	1.92926	+
10	0.33	0.35	−6.06061	-
11	0.33	0.33	0
12	1.244	1.15	7.55627	+
13	1.244	1.19	4.340836	+
14	1.25	1.21	3.2	+
15	0.74	0.77	−4.05405	-
16	1.08	1.03	4.62963	+
17	0.88	1.15	−30.6818	-
18	0.76	1.26	−65.7895	-
19	0.89	1.18	−32.5843	-
20	0.94	1	−6.38298	-
21	0.58	0.57	1.724138	+
22	1.03	1.01	1.941748	+
23	2.5	2.5	0
24	2.41	2.42	−0.41494	-
25	2.5	2.45	2	+

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