Fig. 5

Impact of esculentin-1PN on the integrity of Escherichia coli’s cell membrane and genomic DNA. A Impact of esculentin-1PN on the integrity of the E. coli cell membrane. BSA was employed as a negative control. The release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was measured and expressed as the fold change compared with the negative control, which was assigned a value of 1. B The hydrolytic activity of esculentin-1PN on the bacterial genomic DNA was assessed through electrophoresis. BSA was employed as a negative control. The data presented here represent the mean ± SEM (n = 4). Statistical analysis was performed using a one-way ANOVA. *P value < 0.05