Table 4.

The sterilization rate of L, C, and C-L on S. aureus ATCC 25923 and E. coli CVCC 245.

Bacteria Strains	Time (h)	Antimicrobial Peptides			p-Value
		C	L	C-L
Viable S. aureus concentration (×108 CFU/mL)	1	0.54 ± 0.007 b	0.90 ± 0.020 a	0.43 ± 0.017 c	<0.01
	2	0.40 ± 0.035 b	0.53 ± 0.026 a	0.30 ± 0.012 c	<0.01
	3	0.21 ± 0.014 a	0.23 ± 0.011 a	0.18 ± 0.020 b	0.014
	4	0.09 ± 0.005	0.09 ± 0.002	0.08 ± 0.003	0.079
	5	0.01 ± 0.0005	0.01 ± 0.0003	0.01 ± 0.0001	0.298
Viable E. coli concentration (×108 CFU/mL)	1	0.44 ± 0.028 a	0.44 ± 0.027 a	0.29 ± 0.015 b	<0.01
	2	0.30 ± 0.021 b	0.35 ± 0.014 a	0.16 ± 0.026 c	<0.01
	3	0.15 ± 0.014 a	0.14 ± 0.020 a	0.05 ± 0.003 b	<0.01
	4	0.06 ± 0.002	0.05 ± 0.002	0.05 ± 0.003	0.061
	5	0.01 ± 0.0002	0.01 ± 0.003	0.01 ± 0.0001	0.659

^a,b,c Means with different superscripts within the same row differ (p < 0.05).