Methods: Lemongrass oil was investigated for activity against Staphylococcus aureus
(S. aureus) , Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) , Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis) , Escherichia coli (E. coli),
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) , using
Agar Diffusion Method and Broth Dilution Method. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) Tanhde manintiibmioutmic bsaucstceeripctiidbailli tcyo ntecsetn targaatiionns t (MthBeC t)e wste roer gdaentiesrmmsin weda sb pye trhfoer Bmreodth b Dy iDluitsico nD Miffeuthsioodn. Method. Results: Lemongrass was found effective against all the test organisms except P.
aeruginosa. Gram positive organisms were found more sensitive to lemon grass oil as compared
tcoo ngcraemnt rnaetigoantisv ein o Brgraonthis mDsil.u Ttihoen tMeset tohrogda naiss mcosm wpearree fdo uton dA ignahri bDiitfefdu sbioyn L Memeothno gdr.a Csso onicl lauts lioownes:r
dTihfefe rteesntte da notrigbaiontiiscms sw, hpearretiacsu ltahrelyy gwrearme- fnoeugnadt ivtoe boerg iannhisibmiste hda bdy s hleomwonn hgirgahs sr eosiils etavnecne atto wloawrdesr scuogngceesntetrda ttihoant. uTsheu osf lleemmoonnggrraassss ooiill wiso uelfdfe bceti vhee lapgfuali ninst tdhreu tgr eraetsmisetnatn ot fo irngfaencitsiomnss. cIat ucsaend bbey multidrug resistant organisms.