Anti-Biofilm Effect of Selected Essential Oils and Main Components on Mono- and Polymicrobic Bacterial Cultures

• Published in: Microorganisms (Basel) Vol. 7; no. 9; p. 345
• Main Authors: Kerekes, Erika Beáta, Vidács, Anita, Takó, Miklós, Petkovits, Tamás, Vágvölgyi, Csaba, Horváth, Györgyi, Balázs, Viktória Lilla, Krisch, Judit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 12.09.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: anti-infective agents; antibacterial activity; Antimicrobial agents; Bacteria; biofilm; Biofilms; Cinnamaldehyde; Cinnamomum verum; Cinnamomum zeylanicum; Cinnamon; E coli; Escherichia coli; essential oil; Essential oils; Exopolysaccharides; Food contamination & poisoning; Food spoilage; Investigations; Listeria; Listeria monocytogenes; marjoram; Microbial activity; microbial communities; Microorganisms; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Natural products; Oils & fats; Origanum majorana; Pathogens; Physiology; polymicrobial biofilm; Pseudomonas putida; Sanitizers; Scanning electron microscopy; Spoilage; Staphylococcus aureus; Terpinene; thyme; Thymol; Thymus vulgaris; United Kingdom > UK; Hungary; Germany; antibacterial activity; polymicrobial biofilm; essential oil; food spoilage; biofilm

Biofilms are surface-associated microbial communities resistant to sanitizers and antimicrobials. Various interactions that can contribute to increased resistance occur between the populations in biofilms. These relationships are the focus of a range of studies dealing with biofilm-associated infect...