Greener Journal of Microbiology and Antimicrobials

 

 

 

Antibacterial Activities of Some Medicated and Herbal Soap against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli isolated from the skin

 

 

Didi, Baraikio¹; Oyadonghan, John¹

 

 

¹Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology Department, Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State.

 

 

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