Antimicrobial and Anti-Biofilm Activities of Thymus fallax Essential Oil against Oral Pathogens

Table 2

Antimicrobial effects of T. fallax EO on the bacteria and yeast strains based on broth microdilution method.

Species	ATCC^a	MIC^b (μL/mL)	MBC^c/MFC^d (μL/mL)
S. mutans	35668	0.031	0.062
S. sobrinus	27607	0.031	0.125
S. sanguinis	10556	0.031	0.125
S. salivarius	9222	0.031	0.031
S. aureus	52268	0.062	0.125
E. faecalis	51299	0.125	0.250
C. albicans	10261	0.06	0.125

^aATCC: American Type Culture Collection. ^bMinimum inhibitory concentration. ^cMinimum bactericidal concentration. ^dMinimum fungicidal concentration.