“…These results show that PMME affect the QS system in C. violaceum ATCC 12472 and C. violaceum CV026, since these strains have reduced violacein production. Similar results for violacein inhibition have been observed with fruit extracts (Oliveira, Rodrigues, Bertoldi, Taylor, & Pinto, ; Rodrigues, Oliveira et al., ; Rodrigues, Zola et al., ; Truchado et al., ; Vattem et al., ), medicinal plants (Rekha, Vasavi, Vipin, Saptami, & Arun, ; Vandeputte et al., ), and spices (Alvarez et al., ; Choo, Rukayadi, & Hwang, ).…”