Daniel Karuoya Gitau, John M. Maingi, George Gitau, Daniel Muasya, Mercy Karugu, Ernestina Kiminda & John Mwaniki Njeru·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2025
Background: Diarrheal disease is estimated to cause 29% of illness among adults and is also the major cause of illness and hospitalization for children under 5 years of age. Despite the high cases of food borne illness, there is still low reporting, diagnosis and recording of in...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2025/v25i5928
Aims: The study was aimed at isolating, identifying and assessing the effectiveness of indigenous rhizobia nodulating P. vulgaris in Lake Victoria Basin (LVB). Study Design: Randomized complete block design. Place and Duration of Study: Soil and nodule samples were collected from...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5757
Aims: The study entailed isolation and identification of Bacillus aerophilus in the leaves of young Azadirachta indica plants, establishing the antimicrobial activity of the endophyte against Staphylococcus aureus, and screening for phytochemicals. The study investigated the pote...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2023/v23i10762
Aims: This study aimed at enhancing common bean production among the small holder farmers along the Lake Victoria basin, Kenya through the use of water hyacinth compost. Study Design: Randomized Complete Block Design with a split-plot structure with three replications. The bean c...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/8260
The mycoflora of sun dried Rastrineobola argentea are associated with deterioration of the fish during sun drying, handling and storage in Gucha South district. A total of six markets were studied from which five wholesalers and thirty retailers were sampled randomly and systemat...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/32067
Background: Antimicrobial resistance continues to reduce the effectiveness of existing antibiotics, creating an urgent need for new antibacterial compounds from alternative natural sources. Bacterial endophytes of medicinal plants are increasingly recognised as reservoirs of stru...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2026/v36i101800
Aim: The increasing emergence and global spread of antibiotic-resistance by microorganisms pose a severe public health threat. Continuous exploration of different environments is required to find new sources of antibacterial compounds. Therefore, the study isolated, characterized...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2023/v23i10760
Aims: In this study, we assessed the effect of physicochemical properties of soils from different land use systems on the population of Actinomycetes. Study Design: A cross sectional survey design in line transect sampling was used in collection of samples from land use systems....
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v16i2304
Aims: To evaluate the effects of water hyacinth compost prepared with various cultures on growth and yield parameters of maize. Study Design: Randomized Complete Block Design. Place and Duration of Study: Field experiments were carried out at Otonglo Division in Kisumu County and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5776