title: A rapid method for screening large numbers of environmental microorganisms for antiviral activity.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Microbiologia Applicata, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maullu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lampis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Deidda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petruzzelli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pompei
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005658:Fungi / Q000378:metabolism*; D014709:Vero Cells
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents