TABLE 3.
Antimicrobial activity of Python bivittatus cathelicidin-derived peptides against bacterial strains
| Strains | MIC (μg/ml) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pb-CATH1 | Pb-CATH3 | Pb-CATH4 | Ampicillin | Gentamicin | |
| Gram-negative bacteria | |||||
| E. coli ATCC 25922 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853 | 3 | 8 | 3 | >128 | 0.25 |
| S. typhimurium ATCC 14028 | 1.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.375 |
| Gram-positive bacteria | |||||
| S. aureus ATCC 29213 | >128 | >128 | >128 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| B. cereus ATCC 10876 | 46 | 32 | 10 | 16 | 0.25 |
| Clinical isolates | |||||
| E. coli | NDa | ND | 4.7 | >64 | >64 |
| K. pneumoniae | ND | ND | 1.18 | 32 | 16 |
ND, not determined.