Antibacterial activity of actinomycetes isolated from terrestrial soil of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1093-1097

  Alharbi, Sulaiman Ali ^a   Arunachalam, Chinnathambi ^a   Murugan, A M ^a   Wainwright, Milton ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Human pathogens; Soil sample; Streptomycetes spp.; Terrestrial actinomycetes

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SAUDI ARABIA; SOIL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOMYCETACEAE;

EID: 84862163666     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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