Table 1. The viability data of Escherichia coli and Candida albicans exposed to recombinant protein β-defensin 22 were analysed using one-way ANOVA and Duncan's multiple range test at the 5% level of significance.

Recombinant β-defensin 22 (µg ml−1)	Viability, means±SDa (%)
	E. coli K12D31	C. albicans SC5314
0	100b	100b
2	83.0±6.4c	56.2±5.9c
5	71.6±11.6c,d	54.3±24.6c,d
10	67.1±9.3d	33.8±14.8c,d,e
15	45.4±10.8e	46.3±12.3c,d
20	27.4±9.1f	34.5±7.6c,d,e
50	10.5±8.3g	15.8±6.7e
100	4.2±5.0g	30.3±14.8d,e

^aMeans±SD denotes the means of triplicate values with standard deviation (SD). Means with the same letter are not significantly different at P≥0.05.