. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 18.

Published in final edited form as: Biomacromolecules. 2017 Apr 6;18(5):1592–1599. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00210

Table 2.

Minimum inhibitory concentrations of polymers P1-6

Polymer	M. smegmatis (Mycobacteria)	P. putida (Gram-negative)	E. coli (Gram-negative)

	μg.mL^-1	μg.mL^-1	μg.mL^-1
P1	31.25	156.25	62.5
P2	31.25	> 5000	250
P3	31.25	>5000	250
P4	500	625	1000
P5	>5000	>5000	>5000
P6	3125	>5000	>5000
Tetracycline	X	156.25	X
Rifampicin	6.25	X	X
Ampicillin	X	X	3.125

All values from 3 repeats. X indicates the antibiotic was not used against that strain. Antibiotics chosen based on their front-line use against associated infections.