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. 1999 Jan;43(1):1–11. doi: 10.1128/aac.43.1.1

TABLE 2.

Insect and amphibian antimicrobial peptides

Peptide	Source	No. of amino acids	Mode of action	Typical target organism	In vitro MIC (μg/ml)
Antifungal peptide	S. peregrina	67	Lysis	C. albicans	25.0
Cecropins
A	H. cecropia	37	Lysis	F. oxysporum	12.0
B	H. cecropia	35	Lysis	A. fumigatus	9.5
Dermaseptins
b	P. sauvagii	27	Lysis	C. neoformans	60.0
s	P. sauvagii	34	Lysis	C. neoformans	5.0
Drosomycin	D. melanogaster	44	Lysis	F. oxysporum	5.9–12.3^a
Magainin 2	X. laevis	23	Lysis	C. albicans	80
Thanatin	P. maculiventris	21	Unknown	A. fumigatus	24–48^a

^a

MICs based on assays with multiple isolates.