Skip to main content
. 2016 Mar 11;9(1):13. doi: 10.3390/ph9010013

Table 4.

Microbicidal effects of LL-37.

Microbes 1 Bacteria Gram +/− (B+/−)
Virus (V)
Yeast (Y)
References: Concentration 2
Adenovirus (Ad) V Gordon et al. [160]: 111 μM
Acinetobacter baumannii B− Moffatt et al. [171]: 1.1 μM
Garcia-Quintanilla et al. [172]: 0.67 μM
Actinobacillus B− Ouhara et al. [173]: ~0.26–0.52 μM
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans B− Tanaka et al. [174]: ~2.2–2.7
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans B− Ouhara et al. [173]: 2.2 μM
Bacillus anthracis B− Thwaite et al. [175]: 22 μM
Borrelia burgdorferi Not applicable 3 Lusitani et al. [176]: 8.8 μM
Borrelia spp Not applicable 3 Sambri et al. [169]: 100 μM
Burkholderia pseudomallei B− Kanthawong et al. [177]: 100 μM
Burkholderia thailandensis B− Kanthawong et al. [178]: 100 μM
Candida albicans Y Tsai et al. [179,180]: 8.9 μM
Capnocytophaga gingivalis B− Tanaka et al. [174]: 2.0 μM
Capnocytophaga ochracea B− Tanaka et al. [174]: 2.4 μM
Chlamydia trachomatis B− Tang et al. [181]: 20 μM
Clostridium difficile B+ McQuade et al. [182]: 10.7 μM
Enterococcus faecalis B+ Leszczynska et al. [183]: 12.5 μM
Escherichia coli B− Benincasa et al. [184]: 5 μM
Smeianov et al. [168]: 25 μM
Leszczynska et al. [185]: 5.6 μM
Chen et al. [186]: 0.07 μM
Kai-Larsen et al. [187]: 20 μM
Nagaoka et al. [188]: ~1-2 μM
Fusobacterium nucleatum B− Ouhara et al. [173]: 0.22 μM
Leszczynska et al. [183]: 49.8 μM
Haemophilus influenzae B− Leszczynska et al. [183]: 12.5 μM
Lysenko et al. [189]: 2.2 μM
Helicobacter pylori B− Leszczynska et al. [183]: 6.2 μM
Leszczynska et al. [185]: 2.2 μM
Herpes simplex virus type 1 V Gordon et al. [160]: 111 μM
HIV-1 V Wang et al. [135]: 1.6 μM
Bergman et al. [134]: 11.1 μM
Influenza A virus (IAV) V Tripathi et al. [190]: 13 μM
Barlow et al. [191]: 11.1 μM
Tripathi et al. [192]: 6.7 μM
Klebsiella pneumoniae B− De Majumdar et al. [193]: >11.1 μM
Moraxella catarrhalis B− Leszczynska et al. [183]: 6.2 μM
Neisseria gonorrhoeae B− Bergman et al. [194]: 0.8 μM
Neisseria meningitidis B− Leszczynska et al. [183]: 12.5 μM for strain B
Leszczynska et al. [183]: 24.9 μM for strain C
Jones et al. [195]: 10 μM
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius B+ Leszczynska et al. [183]: 49.8 μM
Porphyromonas gingivalis B− Leszczynska et al. [183]: 49.8 μM
Ouhara et al. [173]: 11.1 μM
Prevotella intermedia B− Ouhara et al. [173]: 1.1 μM
Pseudomonas aeruginosa B− Bergsson et al. [196]: 5.6 μM
Dean et al. [197]: 0.22 μM
Dosler and Karaaslan [198]: ~14.2–28.4 μM
Gordon et al. [160]: ~11.1–22.2 μM
Leszczynska et al. [183]: 99.7 μM
Respiratory syncytial virus V Currie et al. [199]: 5.6 μM
Staphylococcus aureus B+ Leszczynska et al. [183]: 6.2 μM
Noore et al. [200]: 2 μM
Chen et al. [186]: 0.67 μM
Senyurek et al. [201]: 11.1 μM
Nagaoka et al. [188]: 1 μM
Gordon et al. [160]: ~11.1–22.2 μM
Staphylococcus epidermidis B+ Leszczynska et al. [183]: 12.5 μM
Gordon et al. [160]: ~11.1–22.2 μM
Streptococcus mitis B+ Ouhara et al. [173]: 2.2 μM
Streptococcus mutans B+ Ouhara et al. [173]: 0.22 μM
Leszczynska et al. [183]: 6.2 μM
Streptococcus pneumoniae B+ Nagaoka et al. [188]: 1 μM
Leszczynska et al. [183]: 3.1 μM
Streptococcus pyogenes B+ Leszczynska et al. [183]: 3.1 μM
Streptococcus salivarius B+ Ouhara et al. [173]: 1.1 μM
Leszczynska et al. [183]: 6.2 μM
Streptococcus sanguis B+ Ouhara et al. [173]: 0.22 μM
Leszczynska et al. [183]: 6.2 μM
Streptococcus sobrinus B+ Ouhara et al. [173]: 1.1 μM
Tannerella forsythensis B+ Leszczynska et al. [183]: 49.8 μM
Treponema pallidum B- Sambri et al. [169]: 100.1 μM
Ureaplasma parvum NA 3 Xiao et al. [202]: 22.2 μM
Ureaplasma urealyticum NA 3 Xiao et al. [202]: 22.2 μM
Vaccinia virus V Howell et al. [203]: 20 μM
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) V Crack et al. [204]: 0.1 μM

1 Highlighted microbes: blue causing STI; green causing vaginitis; Red causing UTI; Pink causing vaginitis and UTI. 2 Concentrations of LL-37 given are those that exert microbicidal effects on ≥90% of the microbes. In some cases where this information is not clearly described in the publication, estimated concentrations are given. 3 NA = not applicable; Borrelia spp. and Ureaplasma spp. do not react well with the Gram stain.