Research Article

Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptides Exhibit Two Different Binding Mechanisms to the Lipopolysaccharides Isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae

Table 3

In vitro minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericide concentration (MBC) activity against K. pneumonia and P. aeruginosa.

AMPK. pneumoniae BAMC 07-18P. aeruginosa PAO1
MIC (g/mL)/(M)MBC (g/mL)/(M)MIC (g/mL)/(M)MBC (µg/mL)/(M)

22>100>100>100>100
70>100>100>100>100
71100/31.2 >100100/31.2 >100
72100/33.6 100/33.6 50/16.8 100/33.6
7350/16.2 100/32.4 50/16.2 100/32.4
74>100100/28.6 >100>100
75>100100/29.2 50/14.6 50/14.6
7650/13.9 50/13.9 50/13.9 50/13.9
7750/14.6 100/29.2 50/14.6 50/14.6
7850/14.3 100/28.6 50/14.3 50/14.3
7950/13.9 50/13.9 50/13.9 50/13.9
8050/13.8 50/13.8 25/6.9 50/13.8

Concentration values for MIC and MBC valves shown in light face are given in g/mL.
Concentration values for MIC and MBC valves shown in italic font are given in M.