Fig. 5From: Mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptide P5 truncations against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureusMembrane disruption and permeabilization. Membrane disruption induced by peptides as detected by PI uptake at ×0.5, ×1, and ×2 MIC in a P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853 and b S. aureus ATCC 25923. c Outer membrane permeabilization induced by peptides as detected using NPN uptake at ×0.5, ×1, and ×2 MIC in P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853. PI propidium iodide, MIC minimum inhibitory concentration, NPN n-phenyl-1-naphthylamine, CT C-terminus, NT N-terminusBack to article page