Saline solution (0.85% NaCl) (J.T. Baker, Phillipsburg, NJ, USA) was used for washing and maintaining cultures. 2% DMSO (J.T. Baker, Phillipsburg, NJ, USA) was used as dissolvent for essential oils. Antibiotics cloramphenicol, cefotaxime, and amikacin were purchased from AMSA (Coyoacan, CDMX, Mexico).
LIVE/DEAD® BacLight™ Bacterial Viability and Counting kit (Cat. L34856, Thermo Fisher, Waltham, MA, USA) was used for sample staining.
McFarland turbidity standard was prepared by mixing 0.05 mL of 1.175% barium chloride dihydrate (BaCl2•2H2O), with 9.95 mL of 1% sulfuric acid (H2SO4). All standard preparations were verified in a Coleman spectrophotometer at 600 nm (abs. 0.063) previous to be used.