Table 3.

The MIC value (mg/mL) of fungal essential oils and the free unsaturated fatty acids against several food-borne pathogens All the MIC tests were performed independently and in triplicate (p<0.01).

	MIC (mg/ml)
	S. aureus	S. enterica	B. cereus	B. subtilis	E. coli
M. rouxii oil	0.25	N.A	0.25	0.25	N.A
M. circinelloides oil	0.25	N.A	0.25	0.25	N.A
C. echinulata oil	0.5	0.25	N.A	0.5	0.5
Oleic acid oil	0.5	N.A	0.5	0.5	0.5
Linoleic acid oil	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	N.A

The MIC of the M. rouxii and M. circinelloides oils were 0. 25 mg/ml for gram-positive bacteria but MIC of cunninghamella oil was varied in all of the pathogens. The MIC of oleic and linoleic acid determined 0.5 mg/ml in the majority of strains (Table 3).