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. 2016 Jul 26;11(7):e0159653. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159653

Table 2. Duncan’s multiple range test of the differences in the antimicrobial activities against some bacteria and fungi of MAP30-KDEL applied at different concentrations (P ≤ 0.01).

Microorganism Average of inhibition zone (mm)
N 40 μg 80 μg 120 μg 160 μg Antibiotic
E. coli - 22±0.41mnops 24.32±0.42hijklm 26.59±0.42efghw 28±0.38cdefg 11±0.42uvw
S. aureus - 24.64±0.40hijkl 27.83±0.40defg 30.62±0.41ab 32±0.32a 12±0.31uvw
P. aeruginosa - 22.33±0.34lmnops 25±0.38hijk 28±0.37cdefg 29±0.42bcde 15.33±0.35t
B. subtilis - 19.35±0.34qr 22.31±0.39lmnop 24.68±0.51hijkl 24.65±0.41hijkl 12±0.46uv
C. albicans - 26±0.32fghi 28.33±0.31bcdef 29.33±0.52bcd 30.68±0.51ab 12±0.31uvw
L. mesenteroides - 25±0.43hijk 28.5±0.36bcde 29.66±0.46bcd 30.33±0.34abc 11±0.42uvw
A. niger - 20.61±0.42opqr 24±0.35ijklm 25.66±0.43ghij 27.7±0.45defg 11±0.3uvw
S. epidermidis  - 13±0.39u 16.36±0.38t 18.33±0.47r 18.67±0.32r 8±0.31x
S. typhi  - 20±0.35pqr 22.83±0.46klmno 23.32±0.43klmn 22.83±0.51klmno 12±0.31uvw
X. citri - 18.63±0.45r 20±0.36pqr 22±0.29mnops 25±0.36hijk 15.33±0.44t
R. solanacearum - 9±0.3x 10.33±0.47vw 10.33±0.42vw 12.61±0.36uv 11±0.44uvw
P. syringae - 18.31±0.36r 21.34±0.34nopq 23.67±0.52ijklmn 23.64±0.46ijklmn 11±0.31uvw

The control antibiotics used (10 μg/disc) that are specific for Gram-negative, Gram-positive bacteria and fungi were gentamycin, ampicillin, and ketoconazole, respectively.—No growth inhibition; N, nontransgenic hairy roots.