Bioflocculants of microbial origin have the advantage of being safe, biodegradable and harmless to the environment. Production of bioflocculant by two fungi isolates and the factors affecting its production were investigated in this study. Primary screening of fungi for the produ...
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Research Article10.9734/cjast/2019/v34i630159
Hand hygiene remains the most effective means of breaking transmission of most infectious diseases in and out of hospital settings. Hand hygiene could be achieved by different means. However, in recent time, the use of hand sanitizer which could either be a supplement or an alter...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2017/28352
Objective: To determine whether the presence of the resistance factors (plasmids and vanA genes) will negatively aid the susceptibility of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VREf) to medicinal plants. Materials and Methods: Standard methods were used for the isolation an...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/18279
Bacillus spp. associated with two types of fermented African locust beans iru woro and iru pete were isolated and screened for probiotic potentials using standard microbiological techniques. The total bacterial counts for iru woro (pH 8.4) and iru pete (with pH 8.1) were 6.4314 a...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/17698
Background: Despite the fact that essential oils are used as food and medicine, oils of rain forest plants remain largely uninvestigated. Aims: To investigate the physico-chemical properties and antimicrobial activities of essential oils from Hura crepitans, Xylopia aethiopica an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5088
Aims: The implication of Enterococcus faecalis in dental infections is rising and resistance to common antibiotics continues to rise globally as well. In this study, the association of E. faecalis with different forms of dental infections was investigated and the antibiotic resis...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/5024
Background: Enterococcus faecalis has intrinsic resistance which aids its spread in the hospital environment. As a nosocomial pathogen with increasing resistance breaking its route of transmission and spread is therefore imperative. Aims: In this study, six brands of disinfectant...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5025
The potential health risk associated with consumption of ready-to-eat (RTE) food sold in food outlets in and around Ekiti State University was investigated using standard techniques. The microbiological analysis of 96 food samples obtained randomly from 6 food outlets for a perio...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23477
Background: In recent time Staphylococcus aureus has been implicated not only in hospital-acquired but also in community-acquired infections. Some clonal types of S. aureus that produce β-lactamase have evolved. Panton-Valentine leukocidine (pvl) gene among β-lactamase-producin...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/18278
Aims: Bark, leaves and gum of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) have been reported to be effective in curtailing the growing problems of resistance of bacterial pathogens. The in vitro activity of aqueous extracts of cashew apple peels was determined in this study against two cl...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2014/6722
Aim: Iru is a popular West Africa fermented soup condiment which is also consumed without cooking as snack. This product is mainly fermented by Bacillus species. The hypolipidemic activities of Bacillus spp. isolated from iru have not been documented hence the aim of this study....
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/5026