<p xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">The inhibition of the growth of E. coli, K. pneumoniae, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa and E. faecalis was previously reported [<bold><xref rid="R4" ref-type="bibr">4</xref></bold>,<bold><xref rid="R7" ref-type="bibr">7</xref></bold>,<bold><xref rid="R9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref></bold>] along with the efficacy against C. albicans [<bold><xref rid="R9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref></bold>,<bold><xref rid="R16" ref-type="bibr">16</xref></bold>,<bold><xref rid="R17" ref-type="bibr">17</xref></bold>] and S. typhimurium [<bold><xref rid="R4" ref-type="bibr">4</xref></bold>,<bold><xref rid="R9" ref-type="bibr">9</xref></bold>], respectively. In contrast, some studies report the inefficiency of thyme EO against E. coli [<bold><xref rid="R16" ref-type="bibr">16</xref></bold>,<bold><xref rid="R17" ref-type="bibr">17</xref></bold>], S. aureus [<bold><xref rid="R16" ref-type="bibr">16</xref></bold>] and K. pneumoniae [<bold><xref rid="R16" ref-type="bibr">16</xref></bold>].</p>