Journal
LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 58, Issue 5, Pages 486-492Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12218
Keywords
Listeria innocua; Listeria monocytogenes; minimal inhibitory concentration; antibiotics; carvacrol
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- CNPq (a Postdoctoral Fellowship Program)
- Embrapa Labex Europa
- CSIC-IATA
- FEDER programme
- [AGL 2010-22206-Co2-01]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibiotic susceptibility of Listeria innocua (L.innocua) and Listeria monocytogenes (L.monocytogenes) cells in the presence of citral and carvacrol at sublethal concentrations in an agar medium. The presence of terpenes in the L.monocytogenes and L.innocua culture medium provided a reduction in the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of all the antibiotics tested. These effects were dependent on the concentration of terpenes present in the culture medium. The combination of citral and carvacrol potentiated antibiotic activity by reducing the MIC values of bacitracin and colistin from 32 center dot 0 and 128 center dot 0 mu gml(-1) to 1 center dot 0 and 2 center dot 0 mu gml(-1), respectively. Thus, both Listeria species became more susceptible to these drugs. In this way, the colistin and bacitracin resistance of L.monocytogenes and L.innocua was reversed in the presence of terpenes. Results obtained in this study show that the phytochemicals citral and carvacrol potentiate antibiotic activity, reducing the MIC values of cultured L.monocytogenes and L.innocua. Significance and Impact of the Study Phytochemicals citral and carvacrol potentiate antibiotic activity of erythromycin, bacitracin and colistin by reducing the MIC values of cultured Listeriamonocytogenes and Listeria innocua. This effect in reducing the MIC values of the antibiotics tested in both micro-organisms was increased when natural antimicrobials were combined. This finding indicated that the combination among terpenes and antibiotic may contribute in reducing the required dosage of antibiotics due to the possible effect of terpenes on permeation barrier of the micro-organism cell membrane.
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