Antibacterial Activity of Eel (Anguilla spp.) Mucus against Salmonella typhi

BACKGROUND: Typhoid fever has become one global health problem. Typhoid fever is caused by a Gram-negative bacterium, Salmonella typhi. Eel (Anguilla spp.) is a fish which lives in the sea or in freshwater. Several previous studies have found that Anguilla spp. mucus has the ability as antibacterial...

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Main Authors: Tomy Nurtamin, Resty Yulianita Nurman, Indria Hafizah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Secretariat of The Indonesian Biomedical Journal 2016-12-01
Series:Indonesian Biomedical Journal
Online Access:http://inabj.org/index.php/ibj/article/view/231