Aims: This study aimed to the extraction of Melaleuca cajuputi essential oils by microwave-assisted extraction method. The comparison for productivity of microwave-assisted extraction method and traditional hydro-distillation method was also established to figure out the optimum...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2023/v9i2179
During the winter seasons 2021/2022 and 2022/2023, two field experiments were conducted at the Ismailia Experiment Research Station in Ismailia Governorate, Egypt, to assess the effect of soil conditioners and cyanobacteria at different irrigation levels on the growth and product...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2023/v9i2178
The term ''soil health'' refers to specific qualities of soil that allow it to support crop growth and productivity over time without harming the environment. Healthy soil contains abundant microorganisms, including plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), which perform vario...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2023/v9i1177
The major environmental crisis is the loss of biodiversity and the decline is predominant in the fish population. Although taxonomic history began 250 years ago, there are still undiscovered members of species and new species are waiting to be uncovered. The failure of the tradit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2023/v9i1176
Aim: In view of high cost of agar in Nigeria, the study evaluated the suitability of cocoyam starch and cocoyam starch-agar blends as alternative gelling agents in mycological culture media. Methodology: Media characteristics and ability of the media to support growth and sporula...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2023/v9i1175
The main objective of this review is to describe the bioprospecting and other benefit of the bamboo. Bamboo is the fastest growing plant belongs to poaceae family. Totally 1600 species (114 Genera) are spread all over the world including India. As per recent worldwide suvey, 33.1...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2023/v9i1174
Background: The global outbreak of COVID-19 has affected the operations of healthcare field and various infection control measures are being carried out at each hospital and clinic. Aim: We have administered infection control measures using air catalysts which is a new antiviral...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2023/v9i1172
In order to know the consequences of the effluent on the microflora of the soil and its respective fertility, the size of the experimental sample was defined, which was represented by five locations, from which ten portions of soil were collected for microbiological analysis. Uni...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2022/v8i4173
Cotton stalks are good raw material for bioethanol production due to its availability throughout the world, abundance, high carbohydrate content and not involved in any food chain. Due to recalcitrant nature of cotton stalks pre-treatment, hydrolysis were not effective. In the pr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2022/v8i4169
Background: Production of amylase by Enterobacter cloacae D1 was optimized in this study using central composite design (CCD) of response surface methodology (RSM). Methodology: Effects of five numeric factors (pH, temperature, inoculum concentration, peptone and yeast extract) o...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2022/v8i4168
Aim: To assess the antibacterial activity of the crude ethanolic and water extracts of the stem of Rothmannia whitfieldii on clinically isolated and typed pathogenic bacterial strains. Study Design: This experiment was performed in duplicates under aseptic condition. Place and Du...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2022/v8i4167
Aims: Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is a new human disease caused by the Coronavirus SARS-COV-2. It was classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. The Institute Pasteur of Côte d'Ivoire (IPCI), through its specialized units and its Center Nat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2022/v8i4166
The Actinomycetes are gram-positive, unicellular bacteria that grow in a typical filamentous manner on solid substrates and may synthesis a wide range of secondary metabolites, including enzymes. Proteases are universally present enzymes that catalyze hydrolytic processes that br...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2022/v8i4165
Natural colorants have been used in various applications throughout human history, including food, dyes, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and various other products. The objective of this study was to separate the naturally occurring filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger from the soil...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2022/v8i4164
The African baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) is an indigenous fruit tree in the dry savannah areas of sub-Saharan Africa. It is a species of great dietary and nutritional interest. The pulp of the fruit, in addition to being consumed raw or in cold drinks, is used for several other...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2022/v8i430133