“…Components of CPP (i.e., benzoic acid, thymol, eugenol) exhibit in vitro and dose-dependent antibacterial and antifungal properties (Kandil et al, 1994;Vázquez et al, 2001;Cueva et al, 2010). These antibiotic effects of CPP may be suppressing the growth of antagonists that would normally outcompete the detected fungal species.…”