SUSCEPTIBILITY OF PROPIONIBACTERIUM-ACNES TO THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF MELALEUCA-ALTERNIFOLIA

Authors
CARSON CF RILEY TV
Citation
Cf. Carson et Tv. Riley, SUSCEPTIBILITY OF PROPIONIBACTERIUM-ACNES TO THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF MELALEUCA-ALTERNIFOLIA, Letters in applied microbiology, 19(1), 1994, pp. 24-25
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Letters in applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02668254
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
24 - 25
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(1994)19:1<24:SOPTTE>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The susceptibility of 32 strains of Propionibacterium acnes to the ess ential oil of Melaleuca alternifolia, tea tree oil, was examined using a broth dilution method. The minimum bactericidal concentration of te a tree oil for five strains was 0.25% or less while, for the remainder , it was 0.50%.