species

strain

MIC

(mg/L)

MBC

(mg/L)

Polymyxin B

(mm)

Colistin

(mm)

source

year

reference

cereus group

Bacillus cereus

ATCC14579^T

3

10,000

9.1

-

milk spoilage

1887^a

[10]

ATCC10987

3

10,000

8.6

-

diarrheal food poisoning

1952^a

[9] [11]

NC7401

3

5,000

10.3

-

emetic food poisoning

1974^b

[12] [13]

BL6459

3

5,000

10.9

-

blood culture

2009^b

BL6460

3

2,500

11.1

-

blood culture

2009^b

TH119

3

10,000

9.3

-

blood culture

2010^b

TH120

4

2,500

9.0

-

blood culture

2010^b

STKT

3

5,000

10.3

-

blood culture

2007^b

669601

3

2,500

11.4

-

blood culture

2011^b

669602

3

10,000

10.7

-

blood culture

2011^b

SUMK

3

2,500

10.5

-

blood culture

2007^b

NC1241

3

2500

11.0

-

food spoilage

2012^b

H27-5

4

5,000

11.1

-

skin surface of a patient

2015^b

Bacillus thuringiensis

NBRC101235^T

3

5,000

8.9

-

Tissue, animal

1946^a

[8]

Bacillus weihenstephanensis

NBRC101238^T

3

5,000

9.9

-

pasteurized milk

1997^a

[14]

subtilis group

Bacillus subtilis

NBRC13719^T

1.5

2,500

13.7

9.9

unknown

1930^a

[15] [16]

PCI219

1.5

1,000

15.0

10.7

laboratory strain

1971^a

[17]

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

IFO3007

1.5

1,000

16.1

9.2

unknown

1946^c

[18]

IFO3025

1.5

1,000

15.5

9.5

unknown

1951^c

[19]

Bacillus liqueniformis

NBRC14206

1.5

2,500

16.5

11.5

unknown

1982^c

other genus (control)

Staphylococcus aureus

ATCC27664

1.5

50

10.8

-

Escherichia coli

ATCC25922

1.5

50

16.2

12.6