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Vol.4, No.8, 443-447 (2012) Health /10.4236/health.2012.48070 Antimicrobial activity of multipurpose essential oil blends Harold Edward Laubach , Simone Hobus Ghanavati , Geraldine Whidden 1* 2 3 1 * 2 3 College of Medical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, USA; Corresponding Author: harold@, harold@ Inhalable Solutions , Boca Raton, USA Natures Symphony, Boca Raton, USA TM Received 5 January 2012; revised 6 February 2012; accepted 1 March 2012 ABSTRACT volatile compounds extracted from single plant types and within each plant type, the components of the essential oils function as antimicrobial and/or antifungal agents [1,2]. Two types of multipurpose essential oil blends, blend11 containing eleven different essential oils and blend12 containing twelve, were tested against bacterial strains of Pseudomonas aeru- ginosa ATCC 9027, Serratia marcescens ATCC 13880 and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538 and against the fungi, Candida albicans ATCC 10231, Aspergillus fumigatus ATCC 10894 and Fusarium solani ATCC 36031 to determine the spectrum of in vitro antimicrobial activity using aromatograms (paper disc diffusion assays). Microbial growth was decreased by multipur- pose blend11 and blend12 in a similar manner. The saline control disc did not inhibit anti-mi- crobial growth while the two blends exhibited significant zones of inhibition for all 3 bacteria and for the 3 fungi. The greatest antibacterial activity of blend11 and blend12 was exhibited with P. aeruginosa and S. marcescens followed by S. aureus. A high level of activity was associated with C. albicans and a lower level with F. solani followed by A. fumigatus. It is clearly evident from previous published studies that no single essential oil will effectively inh