TABLE 3.
Antimicrobial activities of bovine cathelicidin peptides against bacterial isolates obtained from clinical cases of bovine mastitis
| Organism (no. of strains) | MIC range (μM)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMAP-27 | BMAP-28 | Bac5 | Indolicidin | |
| E. coli (5) | 0.5-4 | 4-8 | 0.5-1 | 4 |
| K. pneumoniae (5) | 1 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 4-8 |
| S. aureus (5) | 4-8 | 2-4 | >32 | 2-8 |
| S. epidermidis (5) | 0.5-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| S. uberis (5)b | 4 | 2->32 | 16->32 | 1-2 |
| S. agalactiae (3) | 4 | 2 | 4-16 | 1-2 |
a
Data are means of at least four independent experiments.
b
Determined in BHI broth.