Antibacterial activity of extracts of six macroalgae from the Northeastern Brazilian coast

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-313

  Lima Filho, José Vitor M ^a   Carvalho, Ana F F U ^b   Freitas, Sissi M ^b   Melo, Vânia M M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Algae; Antibacterial activity; Lipid soluble extracts

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMANSIA MULTIFIDA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHODOPHYTA; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 19944366685     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822002000400006     Document Type: Article

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