Antibacterial activity of multifloral honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) from four apiarists zones in Zulia state, Venezuela;Actividad antibacteriana de miel de abejas multiflorales (Apis mellifera scutellata) de cuatro zonas apícolas del estado Zulia, Venezuela

Revista Cientifica de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de la Universidad del Zulia

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-211

  Cabrera, Lilibeth ^a   De Rodríguez, Graciela Ojeda ^a   Céspedes, Euclimar ^a   Colina, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Agar diffusion technique; Antibacterial activity; Honey bees

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOSTASIS; DILUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HONEYBEE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEASON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VENEZUELA;

APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 2442615000     PISSN: 07982259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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