Table 3. Broad spectrum antibacterial activity of DMs against eight common human bacterial pathogens.

Peptide	MIC (μg/ml)
	Gram-positive		Gram-negative
	S. aureus ATCC 25923	MRSA	E. coli ATCC 25922	P. aeruginosa ATCC 15442	A. baumanii ATCC 15308	E. cloaceae	Citrobacter spp.	K. pneumoniae
DM1	125	62.5	62.5	125	62.5	125	31.3	>250
DM2	31.3	62.5	250	>250	31.3	>250	62.5	>250
DM3	15.63	7.81	62.5	125	15.63	31.3	15.63	62.5
DM4	62.5	62.5	62.5	31.3	31.3	250	31.3	>250
DM5	125	62.5	31.3	31.3	31.3	125	31.3	250