Phylogeny, phenotypic and nutritional characteristics of estuarine soil actinomycetes having broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity derived from an ecologically guided bioprospecting programme

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1679-1688

  Mitra, Anindita ^a,b   Pramanik, Arnab ^a   Santra, Subhas Chandra ^b   Sen, Pradip Kumar ^a   Mukherjee, Joydeep ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Bioprospecting; Broad spectrum; Estuarine; Intertidal; Streptomyces; Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

BIOPROSPECTING; BROAD-SPECTRUM; ESTUARINE; INTERTIDAL; STREPTOMYCES; SUNDARBANS;

BACTERIA; BOTTLES; ESTUARIES; IONIC STRENGTH; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSIOLOGY; SOILS;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BOTTLES; CARBON; ESTUARIES; EXPLORATION; IONIC STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SAMPLING; SOIL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 79959525980     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0622-1     Document Type: Article

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