Research Article

Chemical Composition, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Thymus capitata Essential Oil with Its Preservative Effect against Listeria monocytogenes Inoculated in Minced Beef Meat

Table 1

Bacteria strains used.

Gram-negative bacteriaGram-positive bacteria

Escherichia coli ATCC 25922Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 11700
Enterobacter cloacae ATCC 13097Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19118
Proteus mirabilis ATCC 29906Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538
Salmonella enteritidis ATCC 502Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC 12344
Salmonella salamae ATCC 6633Bacillus cereus ATCC 11778
Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 14028Bacillus cereus
(food isolate)
Shigella flexneri ATCC 29903Bacillus subtilis
(food isolate)
Yersinia enterocolitica ATCC 23715
Klebsiella oxytoca (clinical isolate)
Morganella morganii
(clinical isolate)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(clinical isolate)
Salmonella anatum (food isolate)
Shigella sonnei (clinical isolate)
Vibrio cholerae (clinical isolate)