Table 3.

Antimicrobial activities of volatile oils of leaves and berries of Juniperus Phoenicea L grown in Egypt.

Test organism	Berry v. oil (100µl/disc)	leaf v. oil (100µl/disc)	Control (100µg/disc)
	Inhibition zone in mm ± SE
Bacteria
(Gram negative)
Escherichia coli	20± 0.3	15± 0.3	16± 0.6
(Gram positive)
Staphylococcus aureus	R	R	22± 0.8
Bacillus subtilis	25± 11	28± 0.3	24± 0.5
Bacillus cereus	0	20± 0.9	10± 0.0
Fungi
Fusarium oxysporium	R	R	18± 0.5
Aspergillus niger	R	20± 0.8	9± 0.3
Aspergillus flavus	25± 1.2	18± 0.7	20± 0.5
Maccrophomina phasioli	10± 0.5	20± 0.3	21± 0.7
Botryties allii	18± 0.3	20± 0.0	NT
Trichoderma veridus	30± 1.3	30± 0.9	NT
Yeast
Candida pseudotropicalis	20± 1.0	40± 1.3	NT
Candida albicans	R	28± 1.1	NT
Candida carlspergensis	30± 0.8	R	NT
Saccharomyces cerevisiae	20± 0.8	25± 0.9	11± 0.2
Saccharomyces chevallii	R	R	12± 0.1
Rhodotorula minuta	11± 0.5	22± 1.2	NT -

R: resistant. NT: not tested. Control: amoxycillin for bacteri and canestin for fungi and yeast.