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Table 5 Minimal inhibitory concentration (MICs), minimal bactericidal concentrations (MBC s), and MBC/MIC ratio for Eucalyptus oils

From: Chemical composition of essential oils of eight Tunisian Eucalyptus species and their antibacterial activity against strains responsible for otitis

Oils Bacterial strains  
  Gram-negative Gram-positive
  Echerichia coli Haemophilus influenzae Haemophilus parainfluenzae Klebsiella pneumoniae Pseudomonas aeruginosa Staphylococcus aureus
  MIC MBC MBC/MIC MIC MBC MBC/MIC MIC MBC MBC/MIC MIC MBC MBC/MIC MIC MBC MBC/MIC MIC MBC MBC/MIC
E. accedens 415.5 - - 207.7 207.7 1.0 103.9 103.9 1.0 51.9 103.9 2.0 103.9 207.7 2.0 415.5 415.5 1.0
E. bosistoana 51.9 103.9 2.0 103.9 207.7 2.0 207.7 207.7 1.0 103.9 103.9 1.0 415.5 415.5 1.0 103.9 207.7 2.0
E. cladocalyx 103.9 207.7 2.0 3.2 3.2 1.0 207.7 207.7 1.0 51.9 103.9 2.0 103.9 207.7 2.0 103.9 415.5 4.0
E. lesouefii 415.5 - - 415.5 - tr 415.5 - tr 207.7 415.5 2.0 415.5 - NT 415.5 415.5 1.0
E. melliodora 26.0 51.9 2.0 103.9 207.7 2.0 207.7 415.5 2.0 26.0 51.9 2.0 207.7 415.5 2.0 103.9 103.9 1.0
E. punctata 103.9 207.7 2.0 103.9 207.7 2.0 207.7 207.7 1.0 103.9 103.9 1.0 103.9 103.9 1.0 103.9 207.7 2.0
E. robusta 14.1 26.0 1.8 103.9 207.7 2.0 103.9 103.9 1.0 51.9 103.9 2.0 103.9 207.7 2.0 207.7 415.5 2.0
E. Wandoo 103.9 207.7 2.0 51.9 103.9 2.0 51.9 103.9 2.0 51.9 103.9 2.0 51.9 103.9 2.0 51.9 103.9 2.0
Gentamicine 0.6 2.5 4.2 6.0 24.0 4.0 6.0 24.0 4.0 4.0 16.0 4.0 10.0 10.0 1.0 5.0 20.0 4.0
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