Bioprospecting of marine derived actinomycetes with special reference to antimycobacterial activity

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-410

  Radhakrishnan, M ^a   Balagurunathan, R ^b   Selvakumar, N ^a   Doble, Mukesh ^c   Kumar, Vanaja ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^b PERIYAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Antimycobacterial activity; LRP assay; Marine actinomycetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; COASTAL ZONE; DRUG; FERMENTATION; FILTRATION; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOL; MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

INDIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); MICROMONOSPORA; MICROMONOSPORA SP.; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES SP.;

EID: 79960735671     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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