Research Article

Mechanism of Antibacterial Activity of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens C-1 Lipopeptide toward Anaerobic Clostridium difficile

Table 1

The inhibition of the C-1 lipopeptide against Clostridium difficile in a plate test (the inhibition diameter showed in mm).

Clostridium difficileConcentration (μg/ml)
051015

ATCC 96890.00a,ba,ba,b
ATCC 7000570.000.00aa
ATCC BAA-18700.000.00aa

aSignificant difference of C-1 lipopeptide treatments vs. negative control (). bSignificant difference of lipopeptide treatments between C. difficile strains ATCC 9689 and ATCC 70057, ATCC 9689, and ATCC BAA-1870 ().