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. 2021 Aug 12;21:209. doi: 10.1186/s12906-021-03379-y

Table 4.

Diameter of the inhibition of the inhibition of ear infection bacterial growth by individual essential oils and by the antibiotic (Gentamicin)

Eucalyptus Species oils Bacterial Strains
Gram-negative Gram-positive
E.coli H. influenzae H.parainfluenza e K. pneumoniae P.aeruginosa S.aureus
E. accedens 12.3 ± 3.8b*) 1tr ± 1.0ab 12.7 ± 2.5b 7.0 ± 1.7a 6.3 ± 0.6a 9.3 ± 0.6a
E. bosistoana 13.7 ± 1.5bc**) 6.0 ± tra 7.3 ± 1.5ab 16.0 ± 1.7bcd 6.0 ± tra 10.7 ± 4.0ab
E. cladocalyx 15.7 ± 3.2bcd 6.0 ± tra 6.3 ± 0.6a 15.0 ± 4.4bc 6.0 ± tra 8.0 ± 2.6a
E.lesouefii 1tr ± 2.0ab 9.3 ± 1.2ab 9.3 ± 2.1ab 8.7 ± 1.2a 8.3 ± 0.6a 13.3 ± 1.2b
E. melliodora 19.7 ± 6.7de 6.3 ± 0.6a 7.0 ± 1.7ab 19.7 ± 2.9 cd 6.0 ± tra 8.3 ± 2.1a
E. punctata 6.0 ± tra 11.7 ± 2.1b 10.7 ± 3.5ab 7.0 ± tra 6.0 ± tra 9.7 ± 3.2a
E. robusta 20.7 ± 1.5de 1tr ± 1.0 ab 1tr ± 2.6ab 16.0 ± 4.6bcd 7.7 ± 1.5a 6.3 ± 0.6a
E. wandoo 18.3 ± 0.6cde 9.0 ± 1.0 ab 9.3 ± 0.6ab 12.0 ± 1.7ab 6.0 ± tra 9.0 ± 1.0a
Gentamicin 24.2 ± 2.3e 31.4 ± 2.1c 38.6 ± 2.8c 21.5 ± 2.4d 26.4 ± 1.6b 29.9 ± 1.0c

*) Values are means (mm ± MSD) of triplicate determination; **) Values with different letters differ significantly by Duncan’s multiple range test (P < 0.05)