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Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Efficacy of Three Tunisian Oils Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

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Last updated: 15 Feb 2025

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

The marine ecosystem was considered a significant receptor site for environmental contamination, particularly with bacteria. Microbiome from Posidonia oceanica leaves collected from the central-eastern of Tunisia (Coastal of Mahdia) was identified using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Susceptibility to several antimicrobial agents was studied using the microdilution method. Essential oils extracted from three Tunisian plants, Syzygium aromaticum, Juniperus phoenicea, and Cupressus sempervirens, were tested against the identified strains. A microdilution checkboard assay displayed the combination of essential oils and amoxicillin. Staphylococcus arlettae (MN889255.1) and Bacillus sp. (MG591719.1) were isolated from the microbiome of seagrass meadows (Posidonia oceanica) leaves. These isolates were multidrug-resistant bacteria. Essential oils extracted from J. phoenicea exhibited the highest antibacterial activity. Combining this essential oil with amoxicillin showed an important action against Bacillus sp and S. arlettae isolates. These natural products showed promising activity in reating or preventing fish infections to reduce the use of conventional antibiotics in marine ecosystems. EOs could be used to avoid and/or treat fish infectious diseases and could promise a reduction in conventional antibiotics in aquaculture.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2024.264536.9226

Keywords

Environmental pathogenic bacteria, multidrug-resistant bacteria, antibacterial effects, essential oil

Authors

First Name

Imen

Last Name

Zghab

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Affiliation

Department of Physical Sciences, College of Science, Jazan University, P.O. Box. 114, Jazan 45142, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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izghab@jazanu.edu.sa

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Volume

68

Article Issue

4

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53790

Issue Date

2025-04-01

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2024-01-22

Publish Date

2025-04-01

Page Start

27

Page End

36

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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376,647

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Efficacy of Three Tunisian Oils Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

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15 Feb 2025