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Table 2.

Coefficients of model fitted for minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) values concerning essential oils (EOs) against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis and their level of significance.

	E. coli			S. aureus			S. enteritidis
MIC	Estimation ^€	SE ^†	p-Value	Estimation	SE ^†	p-Value	Estimation	SE ^†	p-Value
ORE ¹	0.012896	0.015265	0.430588	0.039735	0.017504	0.063661	0.011105	0.038586	0.783187
THY ¹	0.050495	0.015265	0.016245 **	0.049711	0.017504	0.029566 *	0.033339	0.038586	0.420770
LG ¹	0.192025	0.015265	0.000015 ***	0.106495	0.017504	0.000896 ***	0.376076	0.038586	0.000067 ***
ORE^0.5 + THY^0.5	−0.007719	0.068055	0.913390	−0.075322	0.078039	0.371723	0.172999	0.172033	0.353418
ORE^0.5 + LG^0.5	−0.225688	0.068055	0.016079 **	−0.060932	0.078039	0.464605	−0.645440	0.172033	0.009489 **
THY^0.5 + LG^0.5	−0.300477	0.068055	0.004494 **	−0.039770	0.078039	0.628516	−0.488530	0.172033	0.029577 *
	*E. coli*			*S. aureus*			*S. enteritidis*
MBC	Estimation ^€	SE ^†	p-Value	Estimation	SE ^†	p-Value	Estimation	SE ^†	p-Value
ORE ¹	0.012896	0.015265	0.430588	0.086091	0.026477	0.017433 **	0.018346	0.064046	0.784173
THY ¹	0.050495	0.015265	0.016245 **	0.104938	0.026477	0.007424 *	0.058587	0.064046	0.395587
LG ¹	0.192025	0.015265	0.000015 ***	0.104938	0.026477	0.007424 *	0.374725	0.064046	0.001100 **
ORE^0.5 + THY^0.5	−0.007719	0.068055	0.913390	−0.188111	0.118046	0.162149	0.018773	0.285542	0.949716
ORE^0.5 + LG^0.5	−0.225688	0.068055	0.016079 **	−0.188111	0.118046	0.162149	−0.256087	0.285542	0.404348
THY^0.5 + LG^0.5	−0.300477	0.068055	0.004494**	0.051866	0.118046	0.675775	−0.622240	0.285542	0.072145

^† SE: standard error; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.02; *** p < 0.001. ¹ 100% of EO. ^0.5 50% of each essential EO. ^€ Negative coefficient values indicate an increased antibacterial effect, and positive coefficient values suggest an antagonist effect.