From: Dimerization of cell-penetrating buforin II enhances antimicrobial properties
Organism | Antimicrobial activity (MIC: μM) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Magainin II | K-(magainin II)2 | Buforin II | K-(buforin II)2 | |
Gram-positive bacteria | ||||
 Bacillus subtilis | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0.5 |
 Staphylococcus aureus | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
 Staphylococcus epidermidis | 16 | 4 | 16 | 2 |
Gram-negative bacteria | ||||
 Escherichia coli | 32 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
 Salmonella Typhimurium | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0.5 |
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 32 | 4 | 16 | 2 |