V. Obike-Martins, M. S. Fashola, N. C. Oji, V. O. Nwaugo, F. U. Uchenna, I. N. Okwy-Irokanulo & E. Enya·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2022
Background: The demand for wood and wood products for use in construction and building has resulted in a surge in sawmilling activities especially in Nigeria with resultant incessant emissions into the environment. Aims: This study was therefore aimed at investigating the air qua...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i630469
Adaeze Nnedinma Achugbu, Jude Ejiofor Amadi, Kenneth Udeh Ekwealor, Onyekachi Omaka & Odira Johnson Oledibe·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2022
Contamination of maize by toxigenic fungi is the process that occur yet in the field. Aflatoxin contamination in several foodstuffs has been a recurrent problem. This study is aimed to evaluate the effect of selected fungicides in the control of aflatoxin-producing fungi affectin...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i630467
Management of industrial effluents is one of the major challenges affecting developing nations of the world. Many of these industries release their effluents indiscriminately into the environment without proper treatment, which has caused a great health hazards to the environment...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i630465
Aims: To phenotypically profile selected bacteria microbes, determine antimicrobial resistance patterns and genetic diversity of resistant genes encoding extended spectrum β-lactamases in bacteria isolated from wounds of diabetes mellitus patients at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teachi...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i630466
Adriana Rodríguez Pérez, Juan Fernando Cárdenas González, Dalila Contreras Briones, María Eugenia Torre Bouscoulet, Víctor Manuel Martínez Juárez, Juana Tovar Oviedo, Francisco Navarro Castillo & Ismael Acosta Rodríguez·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2022
Recently, the removal and degradation capacity of different environmental contaminants such as heavy metals, organic solvents, oils, plastics, pesticides and herbicides, from sites contaminated by low-cost materials has been studied, with promising results. These adsorbents inclu...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i630463
I. A. Onyimba, O. J. Egbere, C. E. Odu, A. I. Ogbonna, J. J. Ndzembuin, A. C. Ngene, D. C. Isaac & I. C. Isaac·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2022
Aim: Consequent from increased demands for lipase enzymes for various purposes, the soil environment of Jos North LGA of Plateau State, Nigeria was surveyed for lipase-producing fungi. Materials and Methods: Soil samples (300 g each) were collected randomly in triplicates from fi...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i630464
Rotavirus infections are the most common causes of infectious diarrhea in young children worldwide. We performed a genotyping of rotavirus strains by RT-PCR for G (VP7) and P (VP4), in Anadara tuberculosa, Lactuca sativa and feces samples of children with diarrhea collected in Pa...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i530459
Background: Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are an essential and diverse group of bacteria involved in producing fermented foods and beverages, primarily known for their production of acetic acid (ethanoic acid) used in the production of vinegar. Aim: This study aims to isolate Acetic...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i530460
Strains of bacteria with the ability of utilizing glyphosate as the sole source of carbon were isolated from soil exposed to glyphosate herbicide by culture enrichment method and identified through partial 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Sixteen different microbial strains were...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i530461
Introduction: Soil and aquatic microorganisms have been the major sources of novel antimicrobial agents over the past years. The continues use of these agents against pathogenic organisms have resulted in multi-drug resistant pathogens, hence, the need to search for new and poten...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2022/v22i530462