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. 2016 Sep 18;2016:7352509. doi: 10.1155/2016/7352509

Table 2.

Inhibition zones (mm) of three bacterialspecies at different concentrations of Tagetes minuta essential oils after 48 hours of incubation.

Bacteria Essential oil concentration (mg/mL) 102 DMSO
(−ve control)
MIC
(mg/mL)
3.8 1.9 0.95 0.48 0.24 0.12 0.06
XAP 17.33 ± 0.60 13.67 ± 1.01 11.17 ± 0.60 8.17 ± 0.17 ≤8.00 ≤8.00 ≤8.00 0.00 24.00
XAM 12.83 ± 0.60 10.83 ± 0.93 10.50 ± 0.29 ≤8.00 ≤8.00 ≤8.00 ≤8.00 0.00 48.00
PSP 21.33 ± 0.44 17.67 ± 0.17 13.17 ± 0.60 9.83 ± 0.16 8.17 ± 0.17 ≤8.00 ≤8.00 0.00 12.00

Values are means ± standard error of the mean for bioassay conducted in triplicate.

XAP: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseolicola; XAM: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis; PSP: Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. phaseolicola; and MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration.