Table 1.

Select reported microorganisms and corresponding antimicrobial peptide (AMP) activity from methanol-extracted hemolymph of the larvae of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens)

Type	Bacteria	MIC1	Unit	Source
Gram-positive	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)	25	mg/mL	Park et al., 2014
	Kocuria rhizophila	25	mg/mL
	Mircococcus luteus	25	mg/mL
	Bacillus subtilis	12.5	mg/mL
	Staphylococcus aureus	100	mg/mL
Gram-negative	Enterobacter aerogenes	25	mg/mL
	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	12.5	mg/mL
	Escherichia coli	12.5	mg/mL
		4.672	mm	Harlystiarini et al., 2019
		6.003	mm
	Salmonellaspp.	4.332	mm
		6.333	mm
	Helicobacter pylori	8.004	mm	Alvarez et al., 2019
	Klesbiella pneumonia	8.51	mm	Choi et al., 2012
	Neisseria gonorrhoeae	10.5	mm
	Shigella sonnei	12.4	mm
Yeast	Candida albicans	25	mg/mL	Park et al., 2014

MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration

160 mg/mL concentration of extract

320 mg/mL concentration of extract

Considered “most potent fraction”