Exploitation of bacteria from forest ecosystem for antimicrobialcompounds

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 120-123

  Saravanan, D ^a   Bharathi, S ^a   Radhakrishnan, M ^a   Balagurunathan, R ^b  

^a SRI SANKARA ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

^b PERIYAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Bacteria; Bioautography; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875894697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22313354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7324/JAPS.2012.2320     Document Type: Article

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