Antimicrobial potentials of fresh Allium cepa against gram positive and gram negative bacteria and fungi

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue SPL.ISS, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Bakht, Jehan ^a   Khan, Shehla ^a   Shafi, Mohammad ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84873469420     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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