Table 5 Minimal inhibitory concentration (MICs), minimal bactericidal concentrations (MBC s), and MBC/MIC ratio for Eucalyptus oils
Oils | Bacterial strains | Â | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Gram-negative | Gram-positive | ||||||||||||||||
| Â | Echerichia coli | Haemophilus influenzae | Haemophilus parainfluenzae | Klebsiella pneumoniae | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Staphylococcus aureus | ||||||||||||
| Â | 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 |