Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 262-264 , March 2009

Development of a reproducible method to determine minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of plant extract against a slow-growing mycoplasmas organism

  • I.A. Muraina

      Affiliations

    • National Veterinary Research Institute, PMB 01, Vom, Nigeria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +2347032086202.
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  • J. Picard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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  • J.N. Eloff

      Affiliations

    • Phytomedicine Programme, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.07.012

Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 262-264 , March 2009

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