TEA TREE OIL CAUSES K-COLI( LEAKAGE AND INHIBITS RESPIRATION IN ESCHERICHIA)

Authors
COX SD GUSTAFSON JE MANN CM MARKHAM JL LIEW YC HARTLAND RP BELL HC WARMINGTON JR WYLLIE SG
Citation
Sd. Cox et al., TEA TREE OIL CAUSES K-COLI( LEAKAGE AND INHIBITS RESPIRATION IN ESCHERICHIA), Letters in applied microbiology, 26(5), 1998, pp. 355-358
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Letters in applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02668254
Volume
26
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
355 - 358
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(1998)26:5<355:TTOCKL>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Concentrations of tea tree oil (TTO) which inhibit or decrease growth of Escherichia coli also inhibit glucose-dependent respiration and sti mulate the leakage of intracellular K+. Stationary phase cells are mor e tolerant to these TTO effects than exponential phase cells.