Table 4.

Antimicrobial peptides applied in functional coatings against different microbe groups and their antimicrobial activities.

Peptide	Material	Antimicrobial activity	Pathogen	Reference
Tet-124-G-BrPh-DOPA-G	Polystyrene	Partial depletion of bacteria growth due to cell membrane disruption	E. coli	Corrales-Ureña et al. [129]
Tet-124-G-BrPh-G
KLR	Polystyrene	100% bacterial killing	E. coli	Majhi et al. [130]
			S. aureus
Chain201D	EG4 SAMs previously activated by CDI	Binding and Killing	E. coli	Monteiro et al. [131]
		Contact killing	S. aureus
KYE28	Poly(ethyl acrylate-co-methacrylic acid)	Contact killing	E. coli	Nyström et al. [132]
KRWWKWWR	Silicone	Growth inhibition	E. coli	Low et al. [133]
			S. aureus
			P. aeruginosa
Melittin	Titanium	Disruption of cell wall	MRSA	Zarghami et al. [134]
			VRSA
Nisin Z	HDPE	Inhibition of bacteria, adhesion, and biocidal property	S. epidermidis	Paris et al. [135]
SHAP1-GS-Cys	Slide glass	> 96% killing activity	E. coli	Jeong et al. [136]
	Latex glove		S. aureus
BrEK	Gold nanorods	Disrupt bacteria due to attachment to the cell membrane	MRSA	Sheng et al. [137]
GL13K	Collagen	Killing by contact	E. coli	Ye et al. [138]
			S. gordonii
6mer-HNP1	Spider silk	Inhibition of bacteria adhesion	E. coli	Franco et al. [139]
			MRSA
β-Peptide	Polyethylene	Reduction in biofilm growth	C. albicans	Raman et al. [140]
Indolicidin	Gold	Inhibition of biofilm formation and damage of preformed mature biofilms	C. albicans	Alteriis et al. [141]
Caspofungin	Titanium	Inhibition of adhesion and proliferation due to interaction with cell wall	C. albicans	Akhavan et al. [142]

*MRSA: Methicillin-resistant S. aureus; VRSA: Vancomycin-resistant S. aureus; HDPE: High-density polyethylene