Table 2 MIC and MBC of Brocchia cinerea essential oil against the tested strains.

From: Antibacterial activity of essential oils from Brocchia cinerea, Artemisia campestris and Origanum vulgare growing in Algeria against antibiotic-resistant foodborne pathogens

Species identification

Resistance mechanism

Brocchia cinerea

Colistin

MIC (µg/ml)

MBC (µg/ml)

MIC (µg/ml)

E. coli ATCC 25922

Sensitive

21.34

42.68

2

P. aeruginosa DSM 1117

Sensitive

21.34

42.68

2

E. coli

Mcr-1

21.34

42.68

8

C. braakii

OXA-48

21.34

21.34

< 2

E. coli

OXA-48

42.68

42.68

< 2

Shewanella putrefaciens

VIM

5.335

5.335

< 2

Klebsiella pneumoniae

CTX-M-15

42.68

85.36

< 2

Shewanella algae

Carbapenem-resistant

2.667

2.667

< 2

C. freundii

TEM

42.68

45.68

< 2

E. cloacae

3GC-resistant

42.68

42.68

< 2

P. aeruginosa

Mutation oprD

21.34

21.34

< 2

Myroides odoratimimus

Carbapenem-resistant

1.333

1.333

64

Aeromonas caviae

Carbapenem-resistant

2.667

2.667

16

Morganella morganii

3GC-resistant

5.335

10.67

> 256

Sphingomonas paucimobilis

3GC-resistant

2.667

5.335

< 2

Pantoea dispersa

Colistin-resistant

5.335

5.335

4

Klebsiella oxytoca

Colistin-resistant

10.67

10.67

8

Ochrobactrum anthropi

3GC-resistant

10.67

10.67

< 2