TABLE 3.
Susceptibility data for bacteria tested against M. alternifolia oil
| Bacterial species | % (vol/vol)
|
Reference(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIC | MBC | ||
| Acinetobacter baumannii | 1 | 1 | 79 |
| Actinomyces viscosus | 0.6 | >0.6 | 134 |
| Actinomyces spp. | 1 | 1 | 80 |
| Bacillus cereus | 0.3 | 61 | |
| Bacteroides spp. | 0.06-0.5 | 0.06-0.12 | 75 |
| Corynebacterium sp. | 0.2-2 | 2 | 42, 61, 79 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 0.5->8 | >8 | 13, 61 |
| E. faecium (vancomycin resistant) | 0.5-1 | 0.5-1 | 115 |
| Escherichia coli | 0.08-2 | 0.25-4 | 13, 32, 67, 104 |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | 0.6->0.6 | 0.25 | 134, 144 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 0.25-0.3 | 0.25 | 61, 79 |
| Lactobacillus spp. | 1-2 | 2 | 75, 80 |
| Micrococcus luteus | 0.06-0.5 | 0.25-6 | 79 |
| Peptostreptococcus anaerobius | 0.2-0.25 | 0.03->0.6 | 75, 134 |
| Porphyromonas endodentalis | 0.025-0.1 | 0.025-0.1 | 80 |
| P. gingivalis | 0.11-0.25 | 0.13->0.6 | 134, 144 |
| Prevotella spp. | 0.03-0.25 | 0.03 | 75 |
| Prevotella intermedia | 0.003-0.1 | 0.003-0.1 | 80 |
| Propionibacterium acnes | 0.05-0.63 | 0.5 | 37, 61, 126 |
| Proteus vulgaris | 0.08-2 | 4 | 13, 42, 61, 104 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1-8 | 2->8 | 13, 61, 79 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 0.5-1.25 | 1-2 | 13, 32, 126 |
| S. aureus (methicillin resistant) | 0.04-0.35 | 0.5 | 31, 42, 104, 115 |
| S. epidermidis | 0.45-1.25 | 4 | 42, 79, 126 |
| S. hominis | 0.5 | 4 | 79 |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | 0.12-2 | 0.25-4 | 13, 33 |
| Veillonella spp. | 0.016-1 | 0.03-1 | 80 |