Assessment of antibiotics production potentials in four actinomycetes isolated from aquatic environments of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-124

  Cwala, Z ^a   Igbinosa, E O ^a   Okoh, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Actinoplane; Actinopolyspora; Antibiotic production; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPLANE EXTRACT; ACTINOPOLYSPORA EXTRACT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; STREPTOMYCES EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION MEDIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 79953667054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajpp10.236     Document Type: Article

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