Antimicrobial activity of actinomycetes isolated from thewestern ghats of Tamilnadu

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-49

  Siva Kumar, J ^a   Santhanam, P ^b   Masilamani Selvam, M ^b  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Medicinal plants; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACALYPHA INDICA; ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON SOURCE; CELL COMPOSITION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOSPHERE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS);

EID: 84855318172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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