Assessment of process parameters influencing the enhanced production of prodigiosin from Serratia marcescens and evaluation of its antimicrobial, antioxidant and dyeing potentials

Malaysian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-122

  Gulani, Chandni ^a   Bhattacharya, Sourav ^a   Das, Arijit ^a  

^a JAIN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Biopigment; Prodigiosin; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865544540     PISSN: 22317538     EISSN: 18238262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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