Screening of soil cyanobacteria for antifungal and antibacterial activity

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 455-459

  Soltani, Neda ^a   Khavari Nejad, R A ^b   Yazdi, M Tabatabaei ^c   Shokravi, Sh ^d   Fernandez Valiente E ^e  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antimicrobial activity; Cyanobacteria; Paddy fields; Soil

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; METHANOL; NYSTATIN; PETROLEUM ETHER; PROBIOTIC AGENT; WATER;

ALGA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KEFYR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYDROPHILICITY; IRAN; LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROOCOCCACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; NOSTOCACEAE; OSCILLATORIACEAE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STIGONEMATACEAE;

EID: 24744463103     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590963871     Document Type: Article

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