Screening for antibacterial activity in 72 species of wood-colonizing fungi by the Vibrio fisheri bioluminescence method

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 407-412

  Zrimec, Maja Berden ^a,b   Zrimec, Alexis ^b   Slanc, Petra ^c   Kac, Javor ^c   Kreft, Samo ^c  

^a The Institute for Bioelectromagnetics and New Biology Ljubljana   (Slovenia)

^b Institute of Physical Biology   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LUXI PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WOOD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; GENES, REPORTER; HYPOCREALES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WOOD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COSMOSPORA VILIOR; FUNGI; SERPULA LACRYMANS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 6344219801     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200410416     Document Type: Article

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