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Table 5 Table of absorbance readings of growth of B. subtilis when exposed to the Proteinase-K soaked 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

0.49

0.50

−2.04

-

2

0.50

1.29

−158.00

-

3

0.55

0.51

7.27

+

4

1.16

1.20

−3.45

-