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SUBMITTER: O'Brien-Simpson NM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4795541 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
O'Brien-Simpson Neil M NM Pantarat Namfon N Attard Troy J TJ Walsh Katrina A KA Reynolds Eric C EC
PloS one 20160317 3
We describe a microbial flow cytometry method that quantifies within 3 hours antimicrobial peptide (AMP) activity, termed Minimum Membrane Disruptive Concentration (MDC). Increasing peptide concentration positively correlates with the extent of bacterial membrane disruption and the calculated MDC is equivalent to its MBC. The activity of AMPs representing three different membranolytic modes of action could be determined for a range of Gram positive and negative bacteria, including the ESKAPE pat ...[more]