Introduction There is an urgent need to develop therapeutic options for biofilm-producing
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Therefore, the renewed interest in essential oils (EOs),
especially carvacrol, linalool and eugenol, has attracted the attention of our research group.
Methods Multidrug resistance and multivirulence profiles in addition to biofilm production of
S. aureus strains isolated from cows with mastitis were evaluated using both phenotypic and
genotypic methods. The antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of EOs were tested using …