Linalool, citral, eugenol and thymol: control of planktonic and sessile cells of Shigella flexneri

Abstract The antimicrobial activity of linalool, citral, eugenol and thymol was determined in growth studies of both planktonic (PC) and biofilm cells (BC) Shigella flexneri. These components were evaluated either in isolation or in combinations using a sequential experimental strategy with Plackett...

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Main Authors: Moisés Tomás Ngome, José Guilherme Lembi Ferreira Alves, Ana Cristina Freitas de Oliveira, Patrícia da Silva Machado, Olga Lucía Mondragón-Bernal, Roberta Hilsdorf Piccoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-06-01
Series:AMB Express
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13568-018-0634-z