The antibacterial potency of the medicinal maggot, Lucilia sericata (Meigen): Variation in laboratory evaluation

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 234-237

  Barnes, Katherine M ^a   Dixon, Ronald A ^a   Gennard, Dorothy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Insects; Maggot debridement therapy; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIQUID CULTURE; LUCILIA SERICATA; MAGGOT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; LUCILIA SERICATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77955656420     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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