Staphylococci are Gram-positive bacteria, with diameters of 0.5 – 1.5 μm and characterised by individual cocci, which divide in more than one plane to form grape-like clusters. They are non-motile, non-spore forming facultative anaerobes that grow by aerobic respiration or by fer...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/20465
This study reveals the methicillin sensitivity pattern of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. The two species of Staphylococci were isolated from polluted and unpolluted soil and water; anatomical sites such as nose, ear, skin, hand and throat; wastes from dustb...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/19025
This study investigates the antifungal and antibacterial activities of extracts of Trema orientalis linn. Blume. The selected isolates used in the study includes Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Streptococcus faecalis, Shigella dy...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2020/v8i230190
The aim of this research is to investigate the antibacterial and phytochemical properties of stem extract of Andrographis paniculata (Nees). The phytochemical and antibacterial activities of the stem of Andrographis paniculata were determined using standard methods. The phytochem...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i230188
Antibacterial effect of Methanol extract of Newbouldia laevis {Tree of life} leaf on vancomycin and methicilin resistant bacteria isolates obtained from urine samples from Federal Medical Center, Owo was assayed. The leaves of N. laevis was collected from Ikole Ekiti and authenti...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/31365
Aims: To determine the antibacterial effect of methanol, petroleum ether and hot water extracts of Anthocleista djalonensis A. Chev on some pathogenic bacteria and to establish the use of the leaf extract in herbal medicine. Study Design: In vitro assay of antibacterial propertie...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/4250
The proximate composition and time killing kinetics of the leaf and stem extracts of Calotropis procera were carried out. The proximate composition showed moisture content of (10.45 and 9.78%), protein (16.20 and 8.15%), fat (1.99 and 0.96%), ash (14.32 and 6.39%), crude fibre (6...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2018/34080