A total of 200 clinical and water samples from Akure metropolis were subjected to bacteriological analysis, of which 37 isolates of lactose fermenting Salmonella were obtained; Antibiotic sensitivity tests were carried out on the lactose fermenting isolates of Salmonella spp obta...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/35475
Replication-competent oncolytic viruses (OVs) have been widely employed as vectors for cancer therapy because they possess the ability to selectively infect, replicate in and destroy tumor cells, while sparing their normal counterparts. Among OVs, the Rodent protoparvovirus 1 (Ro...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/36776
Salmonella spp are etiological agents of diarrhea and systemic infections in humans, most commonly as secondary contaminants of food originating from animals and the environment or irrigated by faecal wastes. Decades of indiscriminate use and abuse of antibiotics have resulted in...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/35958
Accumulated evidences gathered over recent decades demonstrated that Baculoviruses (Occlusion body forming nucleopolyhedroviruses and the host specific granuloviruses) have proven Biocontrol activities on insect and pests of agricultural importance while being non-pathogenic to h...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/35927
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of liver cancer-related death in humans; it can be a malignant or localized tumor of liver cells (hepatocytes) and development is by a multistep complex process called Hepatocarcinogenesis. Etiological agents of HCC inclu...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/35944
Investigations were carried out to determine the antibiotic resistance patterns of Salmonella spp isolated from clinical and water samples in Akure metropolis. Isolation of Salmonella spp was carried out using standard procedures and isolates were identified by various biochemica...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/36277
The major sources of drinking water of the residents of rural settlements in Owo Local Government area are either uncovered wells or streams which are also used as latrines and dumpsites. This coupled with the acute poverty and abysmal sanitary practices of persons living across...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOPACS/2017/36388
Access to quality drinking water is a major problem in rural settlements in Owo Local Government Area (L.G.A.) of Ondo State, Nigeria where surface and ground water sources (streams and wells) used for drinking are located near dump sites with faecal deposits. Therefore, bacterio...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2017/36387
The effects of fermentation on the antinutrient composition of African walnut enriched with carrot and without carrot were carried out in this study. The submerged natural fermentation of non- enriched and carrot enriched (walnut 70%; carrot 30%) African walnut was carried out a...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2019/v10i330038
A. K. Onifade, F. O. Omoya, O. I. Afolami, P. O. Fabowale, O. Ladenika, O. Agunloye, D. O. Akinjayeju, A. B. Oloye, L Isunu, J. E. Olanrewaju, A Ogunsakin, T Adesanya, D Muhammed, A Akinsanmi, O Fadiji, I AdekanmbI, A Alo, M Adetule, T Abodunrin & H Adeleye·Asian Journal of Biotechnology and Bioresource Technology·2017
A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to comparatively investigate the soil and air mycoflora of selected densely populated locations within the Federal University of Akure (F.U.T.A) Campus. Isolation of fungi from soil and air was done for each sample point using p...
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Research Article10.9734/AJB2T/2017/38561
This study investigated the functional properties of bread produced from composite flour (Wheat, Air potato and cassava) and comparatively evaluated the sensory acceptability of bread products fermented using Baker’s yeast amongst prospective consumers at the Federal University o...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAAR/2017/36899
Comparative Study on Consumer Acceptability of Bread Produced with Composite Flour Fermented by Yeast Isolated from Palm Wine and Stale Bread This study investigated the sensory acceptability of bread produced from composite flour (wheat, air potato and cassava) fermented using y...
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Research Article10.9734/AJB2T/2017/36898
This research was carried out to identify microorganisms associated with termitarium on cashew tree barks and macerated dead termites from Ibule-Soro, Akure, Nigeria. Pour plate technique was used for isolation, standard and conventional methods of cultural, morphological and bio...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v2i330073
This study aims at assessing the Antibacterial activity of Aframomum melegueta against Urinary Tract bacteria. The study was carried out at the Microbiology department laboratory of the Federal University of technology, Akure, Ondo state, Nigeria, between February and June, 2018....
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i230212
Aims: This research was designed to evaluate the phytochemicals present in the leaf extracts of Chromolaena odorata L. and their antimicrobial activities. Methodology: Dried leaves of C. odorata were pulverized and subjected to ethanolic and aqueous extraction. The extracts were...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v27i630116