TABLE 1.

Antimicrobial MICs of the ultrashort lipopeptides

Peptide designationa	MIC (μg/ml)	% of hemolysis (at 20 μM: at 50 μM)c
C16-KAAK	8	0:3
C16-KLLK	2	9:45
C14-KLLK	9	13:50
C16-KKKK	38.4	0:6
C12-KLLK	34	0:0
C12-DL6K6b	20.8	0:0
AMB	11.5

^aAmino acids in italics are the d-enantiomers.

^bThe sequence of this peptide is presented in our previous study (17).

^cData are from our previous study (16).