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. 2017 Mar 9;12(3):e0173559. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173559

Table 2. Planktonic and biofilm bacteria sensitivity to FLIP7 and reference antibiotics (TTC assay).

Strain Planktonic bacteria MIC, μg/mL Biofilm bacteria MBIC90, μg/mL P* MBIC90/ MIC ratio
E. coli ATCC 25922
FLIP7 500 ± 0.00 1667 ± 88 <0.001 3.3
Cefotaxime 0.125 ± 0.00 3 ± 0.7 0.005 24
Meropenem 0.03 ± 0.00 0.9 ± 0.3 <0.001 30
Polymyxin 0.5 ± 0.00 12.3 ± 0.3 <0.001 24.6
E. coli NCTC 13353
FLIP7 250 ± 0.00 2567 ± 617 0.02 10.3
Meropenem 0.06 ± 0.00 2.3 ± 0.9 0.073 38.3
Polymyxin 1.3 ± 0.3 52 ± 14 0.022 40.0
S. aureus 203
FLIP7 667 ± 167 1543 ± 137 0.015 2.3
Meropenem 0.03 ± 0.005 >5 >167
Vancomycin 0.5 ± 0.00 25± 13 0.134 50
S. aureus 73.1
FLIP7 8000 ± 0.00 7333 ± 167 0.016 0.9
Meropenem 0.08 ± 0.00 0.29 ± 0.08 0.06 3.6
A. baumannii 28
FLIP7 125 ± 0.00 6433 ± 1417 0.011 51
Polymyxin B 0.4 ± 0.1 267 ± 67 0.016 667
A. baumannii 143
FLIP7 125 ± 0.00 3767 ± 33 <0.001 30
Polymyxin B 0.25 ± 0.00 >20 >80
A. baumannii 149.2
FLIP7 416 ± 83 7600 ± 306 <0.001 18
Meropenem 0.5 ± 0.00 1.5 ± 0.06 <0.001 3
Polymyxin B 0.7 ± 0.2 30.3 ±6.2 0.009 43

*Each test consisted of 3 independent measurements