Antimicrobial properties of protein extracts from wild mushroom fungi and native plant species against hospital pathogens
Michael Hearst1,2, David Nelson3, Graham McCollum3, Linda M. Ballard4, B. Cherie Millar3, Sara Moore5, Stephen McClean5, John E. Moore3,5 and Juluri R. Rao1,5*
1Applied Plant Science Division, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Newforge Lane, Belfast,
Northern Ireland, BT9 5PX.
2Grosvenor Grammar School, Cameronian Drive, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT5 6AX.
3Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 7AD.
4Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Holywood, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, BT18 0EU.
5School of Biomedical Sciences, Centre for Molecular Biosciences, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA.
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