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Antimicrobial activity was tested on Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria\u2014Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus pyogenes, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Seratia marcescense and Bacillus subtilis. Hydrodistillation produced a yield of 0.34% (Houttuynia cordata) and 0.40% (Persicaria odorata). 41 compounds were identified in both essential oils. Essential oils contained monoterpenes and their oxidized forms, sesquiterpenes and their oxidized forms, oxidized diterpenes, derivates of phenylpropene and other groups, such as, for example, aldehydes, alcohols or fatty acids. Both essential oils were antimicrobial active in both vapor and liquid phases at least in case of one bacterium. They expressed various antimicrobial activity in the range of 128\u20131024 \u03bcg\u2219mL\u22121, 512\u20131024 \u03bcg\u2219mL\u22121 in broth and 1024 \u03bcg\u2219mL\u22121, 512\u20131024 \u03bcg\u2219mL\u22121 in agar, respectively. 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