TABLE 2.

Antimicrobial activities of mBD-14 and hBD-3 at different ionic strengths and pHs

Strain	Special condition	LD90 (μM) of protein
		mBD-14	hBD-3
Staphylococcus aureus	None	0.08-0.15	0.15
ATCC 12600	100 mM NaCl	0.3	0.6
	pH 5.5	2.4	4.8
	2 mM MgCl2	0.08	NDa
Escherichia coli	None	0.08-0.15	0.15
ATCC 11775	100 mM NaCl	>19	>19
	pH 5.5	0.02	0.08
	2 mM MgCl2	1.2	ND

^aND, not determined.