Antibiotics are used in poultry farms to enhance growth, feed efficiency and reduce diseases. However, their irrational and non-moderate using can cause serious problems for the consumer and the manufacturer. The aim of this study is to estimate antibiotics residues in poultry (...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/31567
The shelf life of table eggs from poultry farm, open market and supermarket stored in the refrigerator, open shelf and cupboard for 21days were determined using standard microbiological and weight reduction techniques. The changes in pH, weight loss and bacterial load of the eggs...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/31422
U. O. Edet, R. U. B. Ebana, C. U. Okoro, U. M. Ekanemesang, G. M. Ikon, N. W. Ntukidem & E. M. Uduak·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2017
Ogi also known as corn meal is a carbohydrate rich food that forms the diets of most weaning infants and adults in some West African countries including Nigeria. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the effect of Lactobacillus brevis and L. plantarum on the proximat...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/30944
Aim: To provide an insight on Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) direct repeats and spacer organization present in Lactobacillus pentosus KCA1. Little or no information exist on CRISPR and CRISPR-associated (Cas) genes in Lactobacilli as a vista of...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/31364
Aims: In this study, attention has been focused on the production of carotenoid pigment by an extremely halophilic archaeon, Haloferax sp. BKW301 (NCBI Accession No. KT240044) isolated from multi-pond solar salterns of West Bengal, India. Methodology: Nutritional and environmenta...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/31559
R. U. B. Ebana, U. O. Edet, U. M. Ekanemesang, G. M. Ikon, J. F. Ekpenyong, N. W. Ntukidem & N. U. Brown·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2017
The aim of this study was to evaluate the seeds and testas of Dacryodes eludis and Garcinia kola for antimicrobial activity against bacterial and fungal isolates in addition to their screening for phytochemicals and quantification. Phytochemical screening with aqueous and ethanol...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/31173
Antibacterial effect of Methanol extract of Newbouldia laevis {Tree of life} leaf on vancomycin and methicilin resistant bacteria isolates obtained from urine samples from Federal Medical Center, Owo was assayed. The leaves of N. laevis was collected from Ikole Ekiti and authenti...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/31365
B. R. Alkali, M. Bello, M. Kabiru, A. B. Shu’aibu, B. I. A’isha, A. Firdausi, N. M. Bunza & O. F. Ashcroft·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2017
The seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus infection among pregnant women attending Antenatal Clinic at specialist hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria was investigated. One hundred and eighty two (182) serum samples from pregnant women aged between 18-45 years were screened for the presence o...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/31395
A. B. Shuaibu, B. R. Alkali, M. B. Abubakar, A. I. Daneji, S. A. Shuaibu, A. I. Bello, F. Abubaka & M. Bello·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2017
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a cause for public health concern in many developing countries where sanitation conditions are poor. Sheep along with other species has been reported to be highly sero-positive for anti-HEV antibodies. Given the high infection rates and expanded HEV hos...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/31378
Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus which is spread mostly by the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. In 2015, the outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil cause rapid spread of this virus throughout the Americas. A new report of relation between ZIKV infection and an epidemic of m...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2016/31151