Tea tree oil causes K+ leakage and inhibits respiration in Escherichia coli |
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| Authors: | Cox,Gustafson,Mann,Markham,Liew,Hartland,Bell,Warmington,& Wyllie |
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| Affiliation: | Centre for Biostructural and Biomolecular Research, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, New South Wales,;School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, and Genetica Biotechnologies, Bentley, Western Australia,;Australian Tea Tree Oil Research Institute, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Concentrations of tea tree oil (TTO) which inhibit or decrease growth of Escherichia coli also inhibit glucose-dependent respiration and stimulate the leakage of intracellular K+. Stationary phase cells are more tolerant to these TTO effects than exponential phase cells. |
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