Melanin production from marine Streptomyces

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 54, 2011, Pages 11224-11234

  Vasanthabharathi, V ^a   Lakshminarayanan, R ^a   Jayalakshmi, S ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; FT IR; Melanin; Sugarcane waste

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CASEIN; MELANIN; NITROGEN; STARCH; TYROSINE;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCUBATION TIME; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS VULGARIS; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SOYBEAN; STREPTOMYCES; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

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

EID: 80053079230     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb11.296     Document Type: Article

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