Effects of garlic extract on cell wall of Corynebacterium glutamicum

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 637-643

  Mihoub, Mouadh ^a   Aloui, Amine ^a   El May, Alya ^a   Sethom, Mohamed Marwan ^b   Ben Ammar, Aouatef ^c   Jaafoura, Mohamed Habib ^c   Kacem, Raoudha ^a   Landoulsi, Ahmed ^a  

^a Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

^b LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cell wall alteration; Corynebacterium glutamicum; Electron microscopy; Fatty acids; Garlic extract

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79952002263     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-010-0103-7     Document Type: Article

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