(1) Exerts, in vitro, a potent antimicrobial activity. probably due to an
impairment of the function of the respiratory chain and of
energy-dependent activities in the inner membrane of susceptible
microorganisms. (2) Bactenecin 5 efficiently kill Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. It also arrest the growth of Enterobacter cloacae (MICs, 25 to 200 ug/ml) but not of Proteus vulgaris, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus agalactiae (MIC, >200 ug/ml). The datas as follows: Organism and strain Mueller-Hinton(ug/ml) Iso-Sensitest(ug/ml) (1) Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 12 12 (2) Salmonella typhimurium LT2 12 12 (3) Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 14028 25 25 (4) Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 13883 25 12 (5) Enterobacter cloacae ATCC 13047 25 25 (6) Proteus vulgaris ATCC 13315 >200 >200 (7) Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 7700 >200 >200 (8) Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 12228 >200 >200 (9) Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 >200 >200 (10) Streptococcus agalactiae ATCC 13813 >200 >200 |