A rapid method for screening large numbers of environmental microorganisms for antiviral activity.
A new method for screening microbial colonies endowed with antiviral activity is described. It is based on close contact between microbial agar cultures and agar-covered virus-infected-cell monolayers and allows the screening of large numbers of colonies in just a few months.
Maullu
C
C
Cattedra di Microbiologia Applicata, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy.
Lampis
G
G
Deidda
D
D
Petruzzelli
S
S
Pompei
R
R
D000818:Animals; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism*; D014709:Vero Cells
D000998:Antiviral Agents