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. 2009 Dec 22;78(3):1163–1175. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00997-09

TABLE 3.

Resistance of Y. pestis KIM5 and KIM5 ΔpgmA to various human antimicrobial peptides

Strain (temp) MIC (μg/ml) of:a
α-Defensin-1 α-Defensin-3 β-Defensin-1 β-Defensin-2 LL-37
KIM5 (28°C) >64 >64 >64 >64 32
KIM5 ΔpgmA (28°C) >64 >64 >64 >64 32
K. rhizophila ATCC 9341 (28°C) 32 64 >64 32 4
KIM5 (37°C) >64 >64 >64 >64 >64
KIM5 ΔpgmA (37°C) >64 >64 >64 >64 >64
a

Results are based on two independent experiments that gave identical MICs.