Table 2.

Susceptibility of S. aureus strains to ELB-21 and mitomycin C (MMC)

		MIC (mg/L)
Bacterial strain	Description	ELB-21	MMC
EMRSA-16	Hospital-acquired MRSA	0.015	0.03
NCTC 8325	Isolated in 1960 from sepsis patient	0.015	0.125
RN4220	Prophage-cured derivative of NCTC 8325	0.03	0.25
RN450	Prophage-cured derivative of NCTC 8325	0.03	0.25
RN451	RN450 lysogenic for φ11	0.03	0.25
RN981	ΔrecA derivative of RN450	0.00015	0.0075
RN1030	ΔrecA derivative of RN451	0.000075	0.0075