Production of antibiotics and enzymes by soil microorganisms from the windmill islands region, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1351-1357

  Gesheva, Victoria ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Antibiotics; Casey Station; Dewart Island; East Antarctica; Enzymes; Soil microbiota; Wilkes Land; Windmill Islands

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MICROALGA; PATHOGENICITY; SAMPLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; WINDMILL ISLANDS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ALTERNARIA; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOSPORIUM; CORYNE; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; MICROMONOSPORA; PANTOEA; PENICILLIUM; PHIALOPHORA; PHOMA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOTORULA (ERYTHROBASIDIUM CLADE); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 84755161006     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0824-x     Document Type: Article

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