Antimicrobial Activity of Greek Native Essential Oils Against Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Antibiotic Resistance Strains Harboring pNorm Plasmid, mecA, mcr-1 and blaOXA Genes
Phenolic-rich EOs maintain potent, strain-independent antimicrobial effects-including against multidrug-resistant and O157:H7 strains-via a multi-target mode that overcomes classical resistance. Their low-dose efficacy and GRAS status support their use as clean-label food preservatives or adjuncts to antibiotics or bacteriophages to combat antimicrobial resistance.
Authors
- Apostolos Vantarakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4411-3739)
- Zoi Anastopoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2597-2446)
- Rafail Fokas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8957-8029)
Institutions
- University of Patras (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antibiotics
- Published
- 2025-07-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14080741
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.81
Funders
- Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation