Emergence of hyper-resistant Escherichia coli MG1655 derivative strains after applying sub-inhibitory doses of individual constituents of essential oils

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2016, Pages

  Chueca, Beatriz ^a   Berdejo, Daniel ^a   Gomes Neto, Nelson J ^b   Pagán, Rafael ^a   García Gonzalo, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Citral; Filamentation; Genotypic resistance; Limonene oxide; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARVACROL; CITRAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; LIMONENE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH CURVE; HEAT TREATMENT; INHIBITORY DOSE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD;

EID: 84964355816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00273     Document Type: Article

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