Isolation, identification and optimization of bacitracin produced by Bacillus SP.

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1303-1312

  Awais, Muhammad ^a   Shah, Aamer Ali ^a   Hameed, Abdul ^a   Hasan, Fariha ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 47249136106     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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