Most of the antibacterial activities of essential oils from the Lamiaceae herbaceous plant
family thyme and oregano are attributed to their bioactive isomeric monoterpenoid …

The increasing resistance of microorganisms to conventional chemicals and drugs is a
serious and evident worldwide problem that has prompted research into the identification of …

The bacterial flagellum is a helical filamentous organelle responsible for motility. In bacterial
species possessing flagella at the cell exterior, the long helical flagellar filament acts as a …

Essential oils are aromatic and volatile liquids extracted from plants. The chemicals in
essential oils are secondary metabolites, which play an important role in plant defense as …

Many bacteria swim in liquid or swarm over solid surfaces by synthesizing rotary flagella.
The same bacteria that are motile also commonly form nonmotile multicellular aggregates …

The structure of the rotary motor was described in Chapter 9 (Fig. 9.3) and its assembly was
discussed in Chapter 10. Here, I will say more about function. Given that the diameter of the …

The role of membrane disruption in the bactericidal activity of the plant oil aromatic
compounds eugenol, carvacrol and cinnamaldehyde was investigated using confocal laser …

Bacteria swim by means of rotating flagella that are powered by ion influx through
membrane-spanning motor complexes. Escherichia coli and related species harness a …

The essential oils of oregano and thyme are active against a number of food-borne
pathogens, such as Escherichia coli O157: H7. Carvacrol is one of the major antibacterial …

The bacterial flagellar motor is a reversible rotary nano-machine, about 45 nm in diameter,
embedded in the bacterial cell envelope. It is powered by the flux of H+ or Na+ ions across …