Inhibitory effect of antimicrobial agents on alginate production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-67

  Hosoyama, Takayuki ^a   Yuge, Takehiro ^b   Takahashi, Senji ^a   Suzuki, Tomoo ^b   Okubo, Toyoji ^c   Iyobe, Shizuko ^c   Nakagawa, Akira ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032940970     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.52.65     Document Type: Article

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