Antibacterial Activity of Culture Extracts of Penicillium chrysogenum PCL501: Effects of Carbon Sources
Penicillium chrysogenum PCL501 produced β-lactam antibiotics when fermented with different agro-wastes: cassava shavings, corncob, sawdust and sugarcane pulp. In vitro antibacterial activity of the culture extracts was tested against four clinical bacterial isolates, namely, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. All the culture extracts and...
Published at Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
Volume 8
Issue 1
Pages 1-9
Onyegeme-Okerenta B. M., Shalom Nwodo Chinedu, Okafor U. A., Okochi V. I.
Chinedu Shalom » Shalom Nwodo Chinedu is a Professor of Biochemistry and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University. He is the immediate past Dean of the School of Postgraduate Studies. He had also served in the University as Dean of the College of Science & Technology, Director in the Vice-Chancellor’s Office, Director of Quality Assurance and Academic Standards, Sub-Dean of the School of Postgraduate... view full profile