The polyphasic description of a Phormidium-like cyanobacterium from Egypt with antimicrobial activity of its methanolic extracts

Nova Hedwigia

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 377-390

  Semary, Nermin Adel El ^a  

^a Helwan University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antimicrobial screening; Fatty acid; Phormidium like; Phylogenetic analysis; Ssu rDNA

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; PHORMIDIUM;

EID: 80355143681     PISSN: 00295035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2011/0092-0377     Document Type: Article

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