(1) anti-Gram+ & Gram-, antiviral, antifungal, Mammalian cells; (2) Active against fish pathogens such as S. iniae, L. garviae, L. garviae,
A. salmonicida, A. hydrophila, and V. alginolyticus (MIC 3.1 -12.5 uM),
human pathogens such as S. aureus, S. faecalis, E. coli, K. pneumoniae,
S. flexneri, and P. aeruginosa (MIC 3.1-25 uM). It is active against
channel catfish virus (CCV), frog virus 3 (FV3) [1].
Table 1 Antibacterial activity of piscidins.
Bacteria
| Minimum inhibitory concentration
| Minimum bactericidal concentration
| Piscidin 1
| Piscidin 3
| Piscidin 1
| Piscidin 3
| Fish pathogens
| Streptococcus iniae (+)
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| Lactococcus garviae* (+)
| 3.1
| 6.3
| 3.1
| 12.5
| L.garviaet (+)
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 6.3
| Aeromonas salmonicida (-)
| 3.1
| 12.5
| 3.1
| 25.0
| Aeromonas hydrophila (-)
| 0.8
| 1.6
| 0.8
| 1.6
| Vibrio aiginolyticus (-)
| 3.1
| 6.3
| 3.1
| 6.3
| Human pathogens
| Staphylococcus aureus (+)
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| Streptococcus faecalis (+)
| 3.1
| 12.5
| 3.1
| 12.5
| Escherichia coli (-)
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| 3.1
| Klebsiella pneumoniae (-)
| 3.1
| 6.3
| 3.1
| 6.3
| Shigella flexneri (-)
| 3.1
| 6.3
| 3.1
| 6.3
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa (-)
| 12.5
| 25.0
| 12.5
| 25.0
| |