Enzymatic degradation of bacterial biofilms using Aspergillus clavatus MTCC 1323

Microbiology (Russian Federation)

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-64

  Singh, Vineeta ^a   Verma, Nishi ^a   Banerjee, Bikram ^a   Vibha, Kumari ^a   Haque, Shafiul ^b   Tripathi, C K M ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

amylase; Aspergillus clavatus; biofilm; pectinase; protease

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS CLAVATUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84924978137     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026261715010130     Document Type: Article

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