Use of bioluminescent indicator acinetobacter bacterium for screening and characterization of active antimicrobial agents

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1706-1712

  Abd El Haleem, Desouky A M ^a   Zaki, Sahar A ^a  

^a City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activities; Bacillus cereus; Bacteriocin; Bioassay; Bioluminescence; Bioreporter

Indexed keywords

2PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERICIDE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; LUCIFERASE; NEW DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SCREENING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RELIABILITY; REPORTER GENE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPERNATANT; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACINETOBACTER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33845597075     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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