Chemical Composition and In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Mentha spicata Essential Oil against Common Food-Borne Pathogenic Bacteria

Table 2

Antibacterial activity of M. spicata essential oil indicated as MIC/MBC.

Bacteria	MIC (L/mL)	MBC (L/mL)
S. aureus (ATCC 6538)	10	10
S. aureus (ATCC 29213)	8	8
B. subtilis (ATCC 6633)	2.5	5
B. cereus (ATCC 11774)	2.5	5
L. monocytogenes (ATCC 19118)	2.5	2.5
S. typhimurium (ATCC 14028)	10	10
E. coli O157:H7 (ATCC 10536)	10	10