Antibacterial activity of seaweeds from Vellar and Uppanar estuaries, India

Ecology, Environment and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 433-437

  Rathina Nightingale, V Daisy ^a   Balasubramanian, R ^a   Anantharaman, P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Seaweeds; Uppanar estuary; Vellar estuary

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALGA; METHANOL; SEAWEED; SOLVENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; VELLAR ESTUARY;

ALGAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHODOPHYTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 34848892384     PISSN: 0971765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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