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Antimicrobial activity of essential oils of Thymus vulgaris and Origanum vulgare on phytopathogenic strains isolated from soybean
Author(s) -
Oliva M. de las M.,
Carezzano M. E.,
Giuliano M.,
Daghero J.,
Zygadlo J.,
Bogino P.,
Giordano W.,
Demo M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
plant biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 1435-8603
DOI - 10.1111/plb.12282
Subject(s) - biology , carvacrol , origanum , pseudomonas syringae , antimicrobial , thymol , thymus vulgaris , bacteria , essential oil , microbiology and biotechnology , pathogenic bacteria , botany , pathogen , genetics
The aim of this work was to study the antimicrobial activity of essential oils obtained from Thymus vulgaris (thyme) and Origanum vulgare (oregano) on phytopathogenic Pseudomonas species isolated from soybean. Strains with characteristics of P. syringae were isolated from leaves of soybean plants with blight symptoms. Ten of these could be identified in Group Ia of LOPAT as P. syringae. S ix of these were confirmed as P. syringae using 16S rRNA , indicating the presence of these phytopathogenic bacteria in east and central Argentina. All the phytopathogenic bacteria were re‐isolated and identified from the infected plants. MIC values for thyme were 11.5 and 5.7 mg·ml −1 on P. syringae strains, while oregano showed variability in the inhibitory activity. Both essential oils inhibited all P. syringae strains, with better inhibitory activity than the antibiotic streptomycin. The oils were not bactericidal for all pseudomonads. Both oils contained high carvacrol (29.5% and 19.7%, respectively) and low thymol (1.5%). Natural products obtained from aromatic plants represent potential sources of molecules with biological activity that could be used as new alternatives for the treatment of phytopathogenic bacteria infections.