Compression study of anti-microbial activity of Honey-bees

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 776-781

  El Toum, Sanaa Kabashi ^a   Yagoub, Sanaa O ^a  

^a AL NEELAIN UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Candida albicans; Gram negative bacteria; Gram positive bacteria; Honey bees

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELIANTHUS; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35148844072     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jm.2007.776.781     Document Type: Article

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