Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oil of Thymus kotschyanus subsp. glabrescens

摘要

This study was designed to examine in vitro antimicrobial activities of essential oil of Thymus kotschyanus subsp. glabrescens from Turkey (Kahramanmaras city). The antimicrobial activity of this plant was evaluated by the disc diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) methods with Micrococcus luteus LA 2971, Bacillus cereus EU, Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 15753, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Mycobacterium smegmatis RUT, Escherichia coli DM, Yersinia enterocolitica AU 19, Bacillus brevis FMC 3, Klebsiella oxytocica DC 113, Rhodotorula rubra DC 86, Saccliaromyces cerevisiae WET 136 and Candida albicans DC 146. When the results of this study were compared with vancomycin, erythromycin and nystatin standards, it was found that Thymus kotschyanus subsp. glabrescens essential oil was particularly found to possess stronger antimicrobial activity and antifungal activities.