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Table 3 Table of absorbance readings of growth of B. subtilis when exposed to the ultraviolet-light treated silk of T. domestica

From: Evidence for antimicrobial activity associated with common house spider silk

Trial No.

Control absorbance reading

Silk sample reading

Inhibition %

Sign test

1

0.32

0.26

18.75

+

2

0.54

0.53

.93

+

3

0.39

0.37

5.13

+

4

0.58

0.55

5.17

+

5

0.71

0.68

4.23

+