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Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity produced by an isolate of the thermotolerant cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) Phormidium sp.

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>05/1994
<mark>Journal</mark>Biotechnology Techniques
Issue number5
Volume8
Number of pages6
Pages (from-to)351-356
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Extracellular material from a thermotolerant isolate of Phormidium sp. from the Azores was chromatographed using Amberlite XAD-7 in conjunction with C18 Sep-Paks to reveal antimicrobial activity. Further examination indicated the possibility of anticancer activity, elucidated using a biochemical induction assay and the inhibition of the V79 cell line.