OVEO showed stronger inhibitory effects against all test bacteria
in both single and mixed inocula than did ROEO, based on their
respective MIC values (the MIC of OVEOwas 16-fold lower than that
of ROEO). S. Enteritidis was most tolerant to ROEO, and the MIC
value against this bacterium was one-fold greater than the MIC
values against the other test bacteria. Still, this greater tolerance of
S. Enteritidis may have had some influence on the higher MIC value
(a one-fold increase) observed in ROEO against the bacterial strains
in the mixed inoculum. The low observed MIC value of OVEO
against the test strains ( aldehydes > ketones > alcohols > ethers > hydrocarbons