The effects of the natural enzyme, Pectinex Ultra SP-L, on human cell cultures and bacterial biofilms in vitro

BMC Microbiology

Table 1 MIC and MBC of antibiotics alone, and in antibiotic-Pectinex combinations (checkerboard), against S. aureus and P. aeruginosa

	Amoxicillin-clavulanate (μg/ml)		Ciprofloxacin (μg/ml)
	S. aureusATCC	S. aureusclinical strain	P. aeruginosaATCC	P. aeruginosaclinical strain
MIC	0.42 (±0.08)	2.0 (±0.0)	0.13 (±0.0)	1.0 (±0.0)
MBC	0.50 (±0.0)	2.0 (±0.0)	0.33 (±0.08)	1.67 (±0.33)
Checkerboard MIC	0.42 (±0.04)	2.56 (±0.38)	0.12 (±0.01)	1.89 (±0.11)
Checkerboard MBC	0.56 (±0.09)	2.56 (±0.38)	0.32 (±0.05)	3.22 (±0.40)

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