Tea tree oil causes K <sup>+</sup> leakage and inhibits respiration in <i>Escherichia coli</i>

Cox(Western Sydney University), Gustafson(Curtin University), Mann(Western Sydney University), Markham(Western Sydney University), Liew(Curtin University), Hartland(Curtin University), Bell(Southern Cross University), Warmington(Curtin University), Wyllie(Curtin University)
Letters in Applied Microbiology
May 1, 1998
10.1046/j.1472-765x.1998.00348.x
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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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