Antibacterial Effects and Mode of Action of Selected Essential Oils Components against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus

Table 3

Zeta potential values (mV) of E. coli and S. aureus after 1 h of exposure to MIC of selected EOs components.

EOs	Zeta potential (mV)
	E. coli	S. aureus
Control	−22.78 ± 2.85^a	−27.10 ± 2.42^a
Carveol	−13.58 ± 1.02^c	−18.86 ± 2.02^b
Carvone	−18.46 ± 1.37^b	NE
Citronellol	−8.13 ± 1.21^d	−16.03 ± 0.66^b
Citronellal	−11.71 ± 0.73^c	−15.16 ± 1.00^b

Different superscripts within the same column indicate statistical significant differences (). NE: not evaluated. Mean values ± standard deviation for at least three replicates are illustrated.