Differential antibacterial activity of extracts from selected southern African macroalgal thalli

Botanica Marina

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-173

  Vlachos, V ^a   Critchley, A T ^a   Von Holy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 0032896849     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.1999.019     Document Type: Article

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