Antimicrobial, Anticancer Help May Come from Kelp January 6, 2020

A seaweed, Laminaria ochroleuca, harvested in northern Portugal, has been found to contain cultivable actinobacterial strains that show promising antimicrobial and anticancer activities. The finding appeared in an article entitled “Actinobacteria Isolated from Laminaria ochroleuca: A Source of New Bioactive Compounds” in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology.

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