Antimicrobial Substances Produced by Air Flora

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 134-139

  El Banna, Nasser ^a  

^a JERASH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Air flora; Antibiotics; Bacillus; Cereus; Circulans; Megaterium

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0347301600     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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