Static magnetic field increases the sensitivity of Salmonella to gentamicin

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 519-522

  Tagourti, Jihen ^a   El May, Alya ^a   Aloui, Amine ^a   Chatti, Abdelwaheb ^a   Ben Aissa, Ridha ^b   Landoulsi, Ahmed ^a  

^a Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Diameter of the inhibition zone; Salmonella hadar; Static magnetic field

Indexed keywords

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR HADAR;

EID: 79952002793     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13213-010-0081-9     Document Type: Article

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