Preliminary studies on the bioactivity of secondary metabolites from Aureobasidium pullulans and Emericela rugulosa

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-162

  Onifade, A K ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Aureobasidium pullulans; Bioactivity; Emericella rugulosa; Fungal metabolites

Indexed keywords

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EMERICELLA; EMERICELLA RUGULOSA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 34250718090     PISSN: 18164978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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