Fig. 7From: Thymol and carvacrol induce autolysis, stress, growth inhibition and reduce the biofilm formation by Streptococcus mutans RT-PCR analysis of S. mutans grown with the test compounds targeting Autolysin AtlE, gtfB, sodA and ymcA genes. The expression of AtlE, sodA and ymcA genes was induced by the test compounds while, gtfB gene was downregulated (refer to Additional file 1 for raw data)Back to article page