Antibacterial effect of extracts of hermetia illucens (diptera: Stratiomyidae) larvae against gram-negative bacteria

Entomological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 219-226

  Choi, Won Hyung ^a   Yun, Ji Hye ^a   Chu, Jong Phil ^a   Chu, Ki Back ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bacterial inhibition zone; Hermetia illucens; Klebsiella pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; HERMETIA ILLUCENS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POSIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STRATIOMYIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84866791836     PISSN: 17382297     EISSN: 17485967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2012.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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