Two wastes from animal origin, viz., human hairs and egg shells were evaluated for different manifestations of white oyster mushroom, Pleurotus florida. The mushroom utilized both the substrates for their growth and sporophore formation. The mycelial growth was significantly (P=0...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/42270
Aim: To identify the community composition of a crude oil impacted soil in Gbarain Kingdom of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Study Design: A crude oil-impacted soil sample (0-10 cm depth) was collected from Etelebuo-Ogboloma, flow station in Yenagoa L.G.A. of Bayelsa State and taken to...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/41605
Introduction: Microorganisms adhere to various surfaces by means of biofilms which make them resistant to antibiotic treatment. The antibiofilm activity of the ethanolic extracts from Nypa fruticans and Pleurotus ostreatus were tested against biofilm attached on Polyvinylchloride...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/39568
The transfer of resistant organisms through consumption of contaminated fish and shell fish poses a substantial risk of environmental contamination because of the practice of using medicated feeds to treat pens or cages. However, antibiotics used for animals either for therapy or...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/41073
Tamador M. A. Elhassan, M. E. Ahmed, M. E. Amira, M. B. Abdel Rahman, A. M. ElHussein, A. E. Karrar, A. I. Nahid, Y. A. Sabiel, A. S. Mohammed, M. A. Abdel Azzizz & I. H. Ahmed·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2018
During an unusual heavy rainfall season, in October 2007, a serological diagnosis was conducted using Rift Valley Fever (RVF) IgM Enzyme Linked- Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for detection IgM immunoglobulin in suspected outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in The White Nile, Gezira, Sin...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/41076
Carbapenems are the last resort of antimicrobial therapy, resistance to antibiotics specially carbapenems poses a global problem that may have devastating consequences on the community. We investigated 67 multidrug resistant clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa for the pre...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/34964
Plasmid play a vital role in the emergence of multi-drug resistant bacteria. A total of 90 isolates of Escherichia coli was recovered from 100 swab samples (neonate, piglet and adult pigs). The isolates were identified based on morphological and biochemical classification. Twenty...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/40666
Background: HBV and HIV infection are both high prevalence infections in our society and often associated with chronic diseases, high morbidity and mortality. Both viruses share similar characteristics such as same route of transmission, the use of reverse transcriptase enzyme fo...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/41433
Introduction: In hospitals, a significant amount of water is consumed and equally, significant amounts of wastewater is disposed with high levels of contaminants, including disease-causing bacteria such as Listeria spp. have been found in wastewater effluent and surrounding fresh...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/40753
Background: Sepsis in children is a common health problem. Rapid laboratory diagnosis improves its prognosis by adequate therapy. Aim: The objectives of the present study were to compare the use of blood culture with detection of 16S rRNA by PCR for detection of bacterial pathoge...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/41657