Antimicrobial activity of essential oils against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms

Food Science and Technology International

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 559-570

  Vázquez Sánchez, Daniel ^a   Cabo, Marta L ^a   Rodríguez Herrera, Juan J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

benzalkonium chloride; biofilm; essential oil; Staphylococcus aureus; thyme

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CELLS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYTOLOGY; FOOD PROCESSING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CELLULAR ADAPTATION; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; LOGARITHMIC REDUCTION; MINIMAL INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PROCESSING FACILITIES; THYME;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; LEMONGRASS OIL; STAINLESS STEEL; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYMUS (PLANT);

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; STAINLESS STEEL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERPENES; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 84946913221     PISSN: 10820132     EISSN: 15321738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1082013214553996     Document Type: Article

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