Antimicrobial potential of a marine seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis against Leptospira javanica isolates of rodent reservoirs

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-437

  Vedhagiri, Kumaresan ^a   Manilal, Aseer ^a   Valliyammai, Thangavel ^a   Shanmughapriya, Santhanam ^a   Sujith, Sugathan ^a   Selvin, Joseph ^a   Natarajaseenivasan, Kalimuthusamy ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Asparagopsis taxiformis; Leptospira borgpetersenii; Leptospirosis; MBC; MIC

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASPARAGOPSIS TAXIFORMIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA JAVANICA; RHODOPHYTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 77951871472     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175127     Document Type: Article

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