Table 2.
MICs of cationic antimicrobial peptides against C. jejuni strains
| Background (81-176) | MIC (μg/ml)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMB | HBD-2 (hβ-Def) | LL-37 | P-113 | GAL-6 (cβ-Def) | |
| Wild type | 11.7 ± 1.2 | 48.3 ± 2.9 | 18.0 ± 1.2 | 46.7 ± 2.9 | 56.7 ± 2.9 |
| eptC | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 20.0 ± 5.0 | 2.0 ± 0.2 | 11.0 ± 2.0 | 12.1 ± 3.1 |
| eptC eptC+ | 11.7 ± 1.2 | 46.7 ± 2.9 | 18.0 ± 1.3 | 45.0 ± 0.0 | 58.3 ± 2.9 |
a
MICs are the averages of three independent experiments using the broth dilution method for determining MICs. hβ-Def, human β-defensin; cβ-Def, chicken β-defensin.