TABLE 2.
MBEC values of ancestor (nonpassaged) Gardnerella isolates
| Ancestor Gardnerella isolate | MBEC (μg/mL)a |
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|---|---|---|---|
| MDZ | PM-477 | CLI | |
| G. vaginalis | |||
| ATCC 14018T | 32 | 32 | >512 |
| UGent 09.07 | 32 | 16 | >512 |
| UGent BV50 | 128 | 2 | >512 |
| UGent BV111.5 | 32–128 | 8–32 | >512 |
| UGent FB049 | 2–8 | 0.5–2 | >512 |
| G. swidsinskii | |||
| GS 9838-1T | 32 | <2 | >512 |
| UGent BV 7.1 | 32 | 32 | <4 |
| G. piotii | |||
| UGent 18.01T | 8 | 8 | <4 |
| UGent 21.28 | 8–32 | 2–8 | >512 |
a
MBEC, minimum biofilm eradication concentration; MDZ, metronidazole; CLI, clindamycin; T, after strain designation indicates a type strain.