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Effects of tea tree oil on Escherichia coli
Abstract
Tea tree oil (TTO) stimulates autolysis in exponential and stationary phase cells of Escherichia coli. Electron micrographs of cells grown in the presence of TTO showed the loss of electron dense material, coagulation of cell cytoplasm and formation of extracellular blebs. Stationary phase cells demonstrated less TTO-stimulated autolysis and also had greater tolerance to TTO-induced cell death, compared to exponentially grown cells. It was also revealed that subpopulation of stationary phase cells demonstrated increased tolerance to TTO-bactericidal effects.
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“For example, tea tree oil can cause E. coli to die without lysing the cell [65].”
From Effect of essential oils on pathogenic bacteria (2013) · cites this paper as [65]
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“Essential oils can coagulate the cytoplasm (Gustafson et al., 1998) and damage lipids and proteins (Ultee et al.”
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“material absorbing at 260 nm and K (Cox et al. 1998; Gustafson et al. 1998; Ultee et al. 1999).”
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“tree oil revealed a loss of electron-dense cellular material and showed coagulation of the cytoplasmic contents [111]; however, these effects were secondary events that occurred after cell death [65].”
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- Authors
- Gustafson, Liew, Chew, Markham, Bell, Wyllie, & Warmington
- Affiliations
- Curtin University (AU)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
- Southern Cross University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Gustafson
- Venue
- Letters in Applied Microbiology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1998-03
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 194-198
- ISSN
- 0266-8254 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2673
- OpenAlex
- W1991343099
- Cited by
- 244
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 10.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Letters in Applied Microbiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology › Antimicrobial agents and applications
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Keywords
- tea tree oil, Escherichia coli, bacterial autolysis, stationary phase cells, bactericidal activity, cell morphology
- MeSH terms
- Bacteriolysis, Escherichia coli, Microscopy, Electron, Oils, Volatile, Tea
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