Table 2.
Antimicrobial activity of F31/11 crude extract in comparison to planosporicin, actagardine, microbisporicin, mersacidin, and nisin standards. MICs were determined by broth microdilution assay [27].
| Strain | MIC (mg/L) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planosporicin | Actagardine | Microbisporicin | Mersacidin | Nisin | F31/11 | |
| L100 S. aureus ATCC6538P | 2 | 32 | ≤0.13 | 4 | 0.5 | 4 |
| L3751 S. aureus L-form | >128 | >128 | >128 | 64 | 16 | >128 |
| L1400 S. aureus MRSA | 16 | 16 | ≤0.13 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| L49 S. pyogenes | <1 | 2 | <1 | n.d | n.d | 1 |
| L47 E. coli | >128 | >128 | >128 | n.d | >128 | >128 |
| L145 C. albicans | >128 | >128 | >128 | n.d | >128 | >128 |