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Table 1 Minimal inhibitory/bactericidal concentration (MIC/MBC in μg/mL) of C. khasianus essential oil (CKEO) essential oil and streptomycin

From: Antimicrobial activities and mechanism of action of Cymbopogon khasianus (Munro ex Hackel) Bor essential oil

Pathogen

CKEO

Streptomycin/Amphotericin B

Geraniol

MIC

MBC

MIC

MBC

MIC

E. coli

20

20

0.011

0.3125

> 100

S. aureus

30

–

–

0.3125

> 100

P. aeruginosa

20

30

–

0.3125

> 100

S. enterica typhimurium

30

–

–

0.3125

> 100

B. subtilis

25

–

–

0.3125

> 100

K. pneumoniae

20

–

–

0.3125

> 100

C. albicans

100

–

–

6.25

> 100