Antimycobacterial activity in vitro of pigments isolated from Antarctic bacteria

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-540

  Mojib, Nazia ^a   Philpott, Rachel ^a,b   Huang, Jonathan P ^a   Niederweis, Michael ^b   Bej, Asim K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Alamar Blue Assay (MABA); Antarctica; Antimicrobial; Bacterial pigment; Flavobacterium; Janthinobacterium; Mycobacterium; Nitrate Reductase Assay (NRA); Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; FLEXIRUBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIOLACEIN;

ANTARCTICA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLAVOBACTERIUM; INDOLES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM SP.; JANTHINOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78149406889     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-010-9470-0     Document Type: Article

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