Table 14.

Tagetes spp. activity against microorganisms in vitro.

Plant Species	Microbial Strain	References
T. erecta	Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, C. albicans, and S. cerevisiae	[163]
	Alcaligenes faecalis, Bacillus cereus, Campylobacter coli, E. coli, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris, Streptococcus mutans, and Streptococcus pyogenes	[164]
	B. cereus, B. subtilis, S. aureus, Staphylococcus albus, Bacillus megaterium, Listeria monocytogenes, Corynebacterium rubrum, E. coli, Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes, Pseudomonas testosterone, Proteus morganii, P. aeruginosa, Enterobacter aerogenes, K. pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, C. albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Candida glabrata, and Candida apicola	[35]
	E. coli	[165]
	C. albicans	[166]
T. erecta and T. patula	E. coli, P. vulgaris, P. mirabilis, Aeromonas sobria, Aeromonas hydrophila, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Salmonella enterica ser. Typhi, Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium, Salmonella enterica ser. Aboni, Salmonella enterica ser. Enteritidis, B. subtilis, B. cereus, Bacillus circulans, and S. aureus	[167]
T. patula	Sarcina lutea, B. megaterium, E. coli, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus	[168]
	Corynebacterium spp., Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., and Micrococcus luteus	[169]
T. lucida	E. coli, Aeromonas hominis, P. aeruginosa, Enterobacter alcalifaciens, and E. coli	[170]
	E. coli, P. mirabilis, K. pneumoniae, and Salmonella spp.	[160]
	Shigella boydii, S. aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, P. aeruginosa, B. subtilis, S. lutea, and Vibrio cholerae	[159]
T. minuta	Salmonella typhi, E. coli, S. aureus, B. subtilis, A. niger, and C. albicans	[42]
	B. cereus, B. subtilis, S. aureus, Streptococcus faecalis, E. coli, P. mirabilis, P. aeruginosa, and S. typhi	[171]
T. terniflora	E. coli, S. aureus, S. epidermidis, P. aeruginosa, M. luteus, Z. mobilis, L. plantarum, and S. cerevisiae	[158]