Cure from the cave: Volcanic cave actinomycetes and their potential in drug discovery

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-47

  Cheeham, Naowarat ^a   Sadoway, Tara ^a   Rule, Devon ^a   Watson, Kent ^a   Moote, Paul ^a   Soliman, Laiel C ^a   Azad, Nicholas ^a   Donkor, Kingsley K ^a   Horne, Derrick ^b  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Antimicrobial activity; Bioprospecting; Multidrug resistant bacteria; Volcanic cave

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CAVE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; HABITAT USE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NOCARDIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 84870815124     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.42.1.5     Document Type: Article

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