In vitro antibacterial activity of clove against gram negative bacteria

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2157-2160

  Saeed, Sabahat ^a   Tariq, Perween ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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Indexed keywords

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE SUBSP. OZAENAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SHIGELLA; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 62249146206     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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