Potential of plant essential oils and their components in animal agriculture - in vitro studies on antibacterial mode of action

Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  O'Bryan, Corliss A ^a   Pendleton, Sean J ^a,b   Crandall, Philip G ^a   Ricke, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Essential oils; Foodborne pathogens; Mode of action; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992748722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22971769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2015.00035     Document Type: Review

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