The sub-Saharan African feed industry is encumbered with competitors for the conventional feed ingredients. The competition most often increases the prices of these ingredients and invariably the cost of animal production. The use of agro industrial by-products after fungal biode...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/28680
Improvement of agro industrial by-products via microbial biodegradation in order to subside nutritional challenges cannot be over flogged. This study was conducted to investigate the possible improvement in nutritional quality of brewer dried grains (BDG) using Aspergillus flavus...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/28681
Postharvest infections are among the chief reasons for the worsening of horticultural products in the sequence of storage and delivery. The occurrence of postharvest infections and subsequent diseases can influence the value of the fresh food products and also hamper the shelf li...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/30212
Aims: To study the effect of process parameters on lipase production of B. sonorensis 4R for improved lipase yield. Place and Duration of Study: School of Life Sciences, SRTM University, Nanded, between Feb 2016 and April 2016. Methodology: In the present study, the individual an...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2017/29166
Aims: In the present study, sugarcane bagasse was evaluated as an inert support for the production of kojic acid under solid state fermentation using two different production medium as moistening agents for the maximum production of kojic acid. Different parameters such as fermen...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/30454
Historically, the science of biotechnology started through domestication of plants and animals by early men and selective plant breeding which subsequently led to transgenesis. Fermentation of grains and fruits using yeast was initiated in Egypt and other ancient parts of the wor...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/29092
This era is definitely an era of renewable energy generated from resources which are naturally replenished on a human time scale. This study provides information that initiates to reveal correct mechanisms involved with electron transfer to microbial fuel cell (MFC) electrodes us...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/30927
Aims: Wood decaying fungi are very good candidate for industrial processes like; enzymes productions, dyes biodegradation and wastewater decolorization. Many studies have been conducted to explore their potential for successful industrialization. There is still need to isolate mo...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/29724
The bacteriological quality of NAFDAC registered and unregistered sachet water sold in Lafia metropolis was investigated. A total of 150 water samples; 100 samples with NAFDAC registered number and 50 without NAFDAC registered number were obtained and analysed using standard Most...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/29421
Aims: To assess the estrogenic activity of Manuka honey using the MCF7 cell proliferation assay. Study Design: In vitro cell based E-screen. Place and Duration of Study: Ulster University, Coleraine, UK, September 2015 to September 2016. Methodology: Manuka honey (UMF15+) was ch...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/29887