Antimicrobial potential of different solvent extracts of tobacco (Nicotiana Rustica) against gram negative and positive bacteria

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 643-648

  Bakht, Jehan ^a   Azra, ^a   Shafi, Mohammad ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA RUSTICA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84875395853     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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