Diversity and exploration of bioactive marine actinomycetes in the Bay of Bengal of the Puducherry coast of India

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-82

  Suthindhiran, Krish ^a   Kannabiran, Krishnan ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Antagonism; Cytotoxicity; Secondary metabolite; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 77956169953     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-010-0048-3     Document Type: Article

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