TABLE 1.
Bacteria | Strain | MIC (μg/mL) | Nisin (μ g/mL) |
S. aureus | ATCC 29213 | 2-4 | 4-8 |
MDR S. aureus | CH-11 | 4 | 8 |
Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) | USA300 | 4 | 4 |
E. faecalis | 3.4 | n/d | |
Vancomycin-resistant E. faecium | NRBC 100486 | 4 | 4-8c |
Bacillus anthracis | Ames | 8a | n/d |
Bacillus anthracis | Sterne | 4a | n/d |
Clostridium difficile | VPI 10463 | 2 | 3.2d |
M. tuberculosis | Mtb H37Rv | 0.3b | n/d |
M. smegmatis | ATCC 14468 | 4 | n/d |
Multi-drug resistant A. baumannii | CH-46 | 10 | 10 |
Multi-drug resistant A. baumannii | ATCC 19606 | 15 | n/d |
Multi-drug resistant P. aeruginosa | ATCC 27853 | 125 | n/d |
K. pneumoniae | ATCC 33495 | 125 | n/d |
E. coli DC0 | DC0 | 62.5 | > 200 |
E.coli DC2 | DC2 | 62.5 | > 200 |
Yersinia pestis | CO92 | 16a | n/d |
aRekha Panchal, USAMRIID, personal communication. bMagdalena Klink, PAS, Poland, personal communication. cPiper et al. (2009), dLay et al. (2016).