Fig 1. Assays for bactericidal activity.
(a) Pseudomonas aeruginosa (NBRC 13275), (b) Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PAO1), (c) Acinetobacter baumannii (JCM 6841), (d) MRSA (IID 1677). Each type of bacteria was incubated with LYZOX solution (2,000 μg/mL), the mixed solution (lysozyme solution [1,000 μg/mL] and chitosan oligosaccharide [COS] solution [1,000 μg/mL]) or the lysozyme-galactomannan conjugate (LGC) solution (2,000 μg/mL) in saline at 37°C in a water bath for 0 min, 30 min, 60 min and 120 min. The dilutions were plated, and the colonies were counted following growth overnight. The values are the mean ± SEM from four independent experiments. *p<0.05 or **p<0.01 compared with saline; †p<0.05 or ††p<0.01 compared with LGC; ‡p<0.05 or ‡‡p<0.01 compared with the mixture (unpaired t-test). Symbols: circles, saline; squares, lysozyme-chitosan oligosaccharide conjugate (LYZOX); up-pointing triangles, LGC; down-pointing triangles, mixture.