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Table 1 Minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBCs) of NP1P-NP4P and their parent peptides.

From: Generation of novel cationic antimicrobial peptides from natural non-antimicrobial sequences by acid-amide substitution

Microbes

MBC, μg/ml

 

NP1P

(P1P)

NP2P

(P2P)

NP3P

(P3P)

NP4P

Gram-positive bacteria

    

   Staphylococcus aureus IFO12732

10

(>300)

5

(>300)

5

(>300)

>300

(>300)

   Bacillus subtilis IFO3134

30

(>300)

70

(>300)

20

(>300)

>300

(>300)

   Micrococcus luteus IFO12708

30

(>300)

30

(>300)

10

(200)

>300

(>300)

Gram-negative bacteria

    

   Pseudomonas aeruginosa IFO3899

20

(>300)

70

(>300)

20

(70)

>300

(>300)

   Salmonella typhimurium IFO13245

30

(>300)

200

(>300)

20

(>300)

>300

(>300)

   Serratia marcescens IFO3736

>300

(>300)

>300

(>300)

>300

(>300)

>300

(>300)

   Escherichia coli JM109

10

(>300)

30

(>300)

7

(>300)

>300

(>300)

Yeasts

    

   Sacchoromyces cerevisiae MAFF113011

200

(>300)

100

(>300)

7

(>300)

>300

(>300)