The ability of sea buckthorn to fight against L. monocytogenes

Abstract

The objective of the study was to determine the antibacterial activity of sea buckthorn in vitro on L. monocytogenes ATCC 19118 and L. monocytogenes EGDe. The antimicrobial effect of sea buckthorn was achieved by the agar diffusion procedure and successive dilutions in order to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration. According to the obtained data, we notice that sea buckthorn has the most pronounced effect on Listeria, the diameter of the growth inhibition zone is 22.5 mm (well diffusion method).