PRODUCTION OF ANTIBACTERIAL SUBSTANCES BY BENTHIC TROPICAL MARINE ALGAE
- 1 March 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 79 (3) , 459-460
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.79.3.459-460.1960
Abstract
A number of benthic algae collected on the west coast of Mexico and Central America have been shown to produce materials that inhibit the growth of gram-positive bacteria. Gram-negative bacteria were not affected. The inhibitory materials are soluble in water and in ethanol.Keywords
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