Antimicrobial substances produced by bacteria isolated from different Jordanian sources that are active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1837-1839

  El Banna, Nasser M ^a   Quddoumi, Samar S ^b   Daradka, Hitham ^a  

^a JERASH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b National Center for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer Jordan   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bacillus; Burkholderia; Corynebacterium; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NATURAL PRODUCT;

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM NB 3; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS NB 6; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI NB 8; CORYNEBACTERIUM KUTSCHERI; CORYNEBACTERIUM KUTSCHERI NB 1; JORDAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BOVINAE; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM KUTSCHERI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34548061216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2007.000-2272     Document Type: Article

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