Fig. 4

Effect of Enteromorpha linza essential oil at the MIC on the release rate of 260 nm absorbing material from E. coli ATCC 43890. The control and treatment were E. coli ATCC 43890 treated with 5 % DMSO and Enteromorpha linza essential oil at the MIC, respectively. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD. Values with different superscript letters are significantly different at P < 0.05