Table 4.
Antimicrobial activity of essential oils tested with the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) method.
| Pathogen | Essential Oil, MIC μL/mL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. balsamifera | B. carterii | C. luzonicum Miq.(H) | Cinnamomum camphora Nees & Eberm | Cinnamomum camphora var. Linalolifera | Citrus auarantium | Gaultheria procumbens | Litsea cubeba pers. | Melaleuca leucadendron | Malaleuca ericifolia smith | Pogostemon cabli | Citrus limon | Santalum album | Vetiveria zizanoides | |
| Aerococcus spp. | 12.5 | 6.25 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 1.56 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 12,5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.25 |
| Aerococcus viridans | 3.12 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 1.56 | 1.56 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 |
| Aeromonas spp. | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 25.0 | 3.12 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 3.12 | 6.25 | 1.56 | 12.5 |
| Aeromonas bestiarum | 3.12 | 6.25 | 50.0 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 25.0 |
| Aeromonas salmonicida | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 12.5 | 3.12 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 3.12 | 12.5 |
| Escherichia vulgaris | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 |
| Enterococcus faecium | 3.12 | 3.12 | 6.25 | 1.56 | 1.56 | 6.25 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 |
| Enterococcus moravensis | 3.12 | 3.12 | 6.25 | 1.56 | 0.78 | 6.25 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 12.5 |
| Enterococcus faecium | 3.12 | 3.12 | 6.25 | 1.56 | 0.78 | 6.25 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 12.5 |
| Enterococcus aquimarinus | 3.12 | 3.12 | 6.25 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 1.56 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 |
| Pseudomonas fluorescens | 12.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis | 12.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| Pseudomonas gessardii | 25.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 |
| Pseudomonas ludensis | 25.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 6.25 |
| Pseudomonas proteolitica | 6.25 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| Shewanella baltica | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 125 | 25.0 |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | 6.25 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| Yersinia ruckeri | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 |
| Yersinia spp. | 6.25 | 6.25 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| Vagococcus spp. | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 6.25 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 |