Table 3.
In vitro susceptibilities to three distinct CAPs, cell membrane fluidity, and cell wall thickness of 10 study strain pairsa
Strain | % survival (mean ± SD) after 2 h of exposure to: |
Cell membrane fluidity (PI value) | Cell wall thickness (nm) | |||||
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tPMPs |
hNP-1 |
PMB |
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0.5 μg/ml | 0.25 μg/ml | 10 μg/ml | 5 μg/ml | 40 μg/ml | 20 μg/ml | |||
CB1483 | 18 ± 12 | 32 ± 18 | 45 ± 11 | 59 ± 11 | 7 ± 8 | 31 ± 18 | 0.333 ± 0.012 | 35.9 ± 3.8 |
CB185 | 67 ± 22* | 95 ± 10* | 56 ± 8 | 69 ± 14 | 9 ± 11 | 38 ± 16 | 0.331 ± 0.004 | 38.8 ± 3.4** |
CB5079 | 3 ± 4 | 22 ± 8 | 3 ± 6 | 21 ± 7 | 0 ± 0 | 40 ± 18 | 0.453 ± 0.042 | 30.7 ± 3.2 |
CB5080 | 48 ± 7* | 74 ± 11* | 40 ± 5* | 60 ± 13* | 37 ± 7* | 65 ± 19 | 0.369 ± 0.047 | 39.3 ± 4.2*** |
CB5083 | 14 ± 7 | 32 ± 15 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 33 ± 18 | 0.394 ± 0.064 | 30.6 ± 3.1 |
CB5082 | 78 ± 10* | 83 ± 12* | 33 ± 13* | 48 ± 8* | 52 ± 7* | 77 ± 14* | 0.325 ± 0.046 | 37.0 ± 4.1*** |
CB5088 | 3 ± 2 | 17 ± 8 | 9 ± 9 | 20 ± 13 | 5 ± 8 | 52 ± 10 | 0.388 ± 0.033 | 33.7 ± 3.3 |
CB5089 | 41 ± 3* | 76 ± 17* | 19 ± 9 | 40 ± 9 | 26 ± 7* | 59 ± 3 | 0.343 ± 0.008 | 34.6 ± 2.6* |
CB1631 | 22 ± 12 | 31 ± 24 | 15 ± 14 | 30 ± 24 | 6 ± 7 | 46 ± 25 | 0.375 ± 0.021 | 39.7 ± 3.5 |
CB1634 | 87 ± 8* | 100 ± 12* | 72 ± 16* | 79 ± 10* | 12 ± 9 | 56 ± 28 | 0.280 ± 0.045* | 39.8 ± 3.5 |
CB1663 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 20 ± 5 | 0.422 ± 0.081 | 29.4 ± 3.0 |
CB1664 | 84 ± 36* | 82 ± 39* | 67 ± 17* | 64 ± 14* | 57 ± 21* | 69 ± 5* | 0.334 ± 0.075 | 44.7 ± 5.3* |
CB5057 | 80 ± 10 | 80 ± 6 | 24 ± 6 | 34 ± 5 | 40 ± 24 | 85 ± 1 | 0.321 ± 0.022 | 34.2 ± 4.4 |
CB5059 | 94 ± 13 | 95 ± 19 | 70 ± 21* | 76 ± 20* | 69 ± 20 | 83 ± 13 | 0.265 ± 0.054 | 36.0 ± 3.6* |
CB5062 | 69 ± 27 | 74 ± 35 | 23 ± 9 | 44 ± 8 | 0 ± 0 | 7 ± 12 | 0.332 ± 0.098 | 32.3 ± 3.0 |
CB5063 | 85 ± 2 | 96 ± 7 | 64 ± 33 | 69 ± 28 | 20 ± 21 | 56 ± 23* | 0.331 ± 0.014 | 36.2 ± 4.0*** |
CB5015 | 80 ± 36 | 82 ± 28 | 65 ± 7 | 66 ± 3 | 44 ± 12 | 58 ± 1 | 0.375 ± 0.051 | 41.4 ± 6.7 |
CB5016 | 85 ± 32 | 92 ± 19 | 87 ± 8* | 82 ± 3* | 50 ± 10 | 48 ± 8 | 0.342 ± 0.035 | 43.1 ± 6.1b |
CB5021 | 24 ± 11 | 57 ± 14 | 16 ± 12 | 28 ± 24 | 22 ± 13 | 66 ± 13 | 0.295 ± 0.020 | 30.4 ± 3.8 |
CB5020 | 101 ± 16* | 111 ± 5* | 83 ± 5* | 73 ± 6* | 82 ± 30* | 95 ± 41 | 0.083 ± 0.04* | 47.7 ± 7.5*** |
Pairs of isolates are represented by alternative shading and no shading, with the first strain in each pair being the DAPs parental strain and the second one in each pair being the DAPr strain. *, P < 0.05 versus parental strain; **, P = 0.05 versus parental strain; ***, P < 0.0001 versus parental strain.
P = 0.057 versus parental strain value.