Introduction: Nature is a rich source of medicinal plants, these medicinal plants used as a therapeutic agent from thousands years. At present medicinal properties of many plants compiled and these plants are source of many drugs, but properties of some medicinal plants is still...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/15909
Beatrice Aguti, Godfrey Kalema, Dinah Maria Lutwama, Martin Loy Mawejje, Emmanuel Mupeyi, David Okanya, Rebecca Nekaka & Yahaya Gavamukulya·Microbiology Research Journal International·2018
Background: Despite the widespread national intervention strategies to curb its occurrence, Pneumonia remains one of the leading causes of morbidity in Butaleja district. This was a cross-sectional study carried out at Busolwe Hospital and aimed at establishing the knowledge and...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44179
Background: The emergence and spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial isolates is of great concern, especially to commonly used antimicrobials as Quinolones. Aim of the Study: Estimation of the prevalence of quinolone-resistant P. aeruginosa and A. baumannii in various clinic...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44295
Aims: The study aimed at determining the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of S. aureus isolated from wound and otitis media among patients attending Aminu Kano Teaching Hospitals, Kano Nigeria. Study Design: This was an experimental laboratory cross-sectional st...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44684
Aim: This study investigates the physico-chemical and microbiological characteristics of a river mud (sediments) as substrates for biological generation of electricity. Study Design: The study employed standard microbiological and physio-chemical experimental design and data inte...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44112
Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the antibiogram of Klebsiella pneumonia (K. pneumoniae) among pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) suspected patients attending IDH Kano, Kano metropolis, Nigeria. Study Design: The study is descriptive cross sectional study. Place and Duration o...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44507
Ravindra Sharma, Keshaw Tiwari, Gitanjali Arya, Victor Amadi, Darnell Blackman, Nicholas Markette, Tomer Shua-Haim, Roxanne Nicholas-Thomas & Harry Hariharan·Microbiology Research Journal International·2018
Aim: The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of Salmonella species and to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates in brown rats (R. norvegicus) from two parishes (St. George and St David) of Grenada, West Indies. Study Design: Salmonella spp. was...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44563
Seventy-five (75) bacterial isolates from starch milling wastes in Nsukka, Nigeria were screened for their ability to produce glucose isomerase (GI). The isolate Achromobacter xylosoxidans Mck-4 gave the highest activity of intracellular GI using starch casein agar (SCA) medium s...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/43139
Aims: The study aimed to isolate and analyse the phenotypic and genotypic features of bacteria nodulating Acacia gummifera Wild. Study Design: An experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was done at the Department of Biology (Soil & Environment Microbiology...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/43531
The bacteriological index of bioslurry and the fate of pathogenic bacteria during anaerobic digestion of domestic waste were determined. The wastes (food waste, vegetable waste, plantain peels, yam peels, and cow dung) were collected from households and markets within the Cross R...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44346