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Chromobacterium violaceum

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Chromobacterium violaceum
a gram-negative bacteria found in tropical and subtropical areas. It is associated with pneumonia and other infections in several species.


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The most potent prevented laboratory worms from being killed by a bug called Chromobacterium violaceum, which often infects people through lacerated skin.
Chromobacterium violaceum is an aerobic, gram-negative bacillus usually found as a saprophyte in soil and water in tropical and subtropical regions (1).
All the isolated compounds were active against Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus sphaericus, and Staphylococcus aureus amongst Gram +ve bacteria, and Klebsiella aerogenes and Chromobacterium violaceum among Gram -ve bacterial strains.
 
 
 
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