Bacteriostatic and bactericidal actions of antimicrobial drugs studied by microbial calorimetry

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-39

  Okada, Fumihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Aki ^a   Fujiwara, Nobuki ^a   Takahashi, Katsutada ^b  

^a C   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial actions; Bactericidal action; Bacteriostatic action; Imidazolidinyl urea; Microbial calorimetry; Parabens; Preservative; Quarternium 15; Specific growth activity

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BACTERICIDE; COSMETIC; FORMALDEHYDE; GERMALL 115;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032898616     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.4.35     Document Type: Article

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