Isolation and bioassay screening of medicinal plant endophytes from eastern Canada

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 761-765

  Ellsworth, Katelyn T ^a   Clark, Trevor N ^a   Gray, Christopher A ^a   Johnson, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antifungal; Bioassay screening; Endophyte; Medicinal plant

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENDOPHYTE; FERMENTATION; HOST PLANT; MEDICINAL PLANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENDOPHYTES; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEW BRUNSWICK; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 84887283484     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2013-0639     Document Type: Article

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