Table 4. Antibacterial activities of muscin and domesticin.

Microorganism	MIC (µM)
	muscin	domesticin
Gram-positive bacteria
Bacillus megaterium	2.5–5	0.2–0.4
Bacillus sp. DM-1	12.5–25	1.25–2.5
Bacillus subtilis	2.5–5	5–10
Micrococcus luteus	25–50	0.1–0.2
Staphylococcus aureus	12.5–25	2.5–5
Gram-negative bacteria
Agrobacterium tumefaciens	25–50	5–10
Escherichia coli ATCC 25922	12.5–25	12.5–25
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	25–50	2.5–5
Serratia marcescens	1.25–2.5	0.5–1
Salmonella typhimurium CCTCCAB 94007	50–100	25–50
Xanthomonas oryzae	12.5–25	1.25–2.5
Fungi
Neurospora crassa	>100	>100

MICs are expressed as the interval a–b, where a is the highest concentration tested at which microorganisms are growing and b the lowest concentration that causes 100% growth inhibition.