Table 2 MIC values of bleached and unbleached chitosan samples produced from H. illucens larvae (L), pupal exuviae (PE) and dead adults (A).

From: Antimicrobial properties of chitosan from different developmental stages of the bioconverter insect Hermetia illucens

Bacterial species

Sample concentration

Chitosan sample

1.25 mg/ml

0.6 mg/ml

0.3 mg/ml

0.15 mg/ml

E. coli

L bleached

    

PE bleached

  

*

 

A bleached

  

*

 

L unbleached

   

*

PE unbleached

   

*

A unbleached

    

M. flavus

L bleached

   

*

PE bleached

   

*

A bleached

   

*

L unbleached

  

*

 

PE unbleached

  

*

 

A unbleached

    
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