Listeriosisranks third in mortality among food-borne bacterial pathogens. The evaluation of antibiogram of Listeria monocytogenes in 5 different areas within Sokoto metropolis was performed in the study. A total of 50 (fifty) samples from cabbage, spring onion, tomatoes, lettuce,...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i430344
Kouassi Kra Athanase, Assohoun Marina Christelle Epouse Djeni, Kouassi Kouassi Clément, Coulibaly Ibourahema & Konate Ibrahim·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2021
Bacillus cereus often causes problems in the food industry. It deteriorates the marketable quality of food. Bacillus cereus spores can withstand high temperatures and persist in finished or semi-finished products. The objective of this work was to assess the level of resistance t...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i430343
The study aimed to examine the effect of commonly used herbicides on soil microbiota (bacteria and fungi) as well as its physiochemical properties. Topsoil (0 to 5cm depth) samples were collected from different plots at Ayepe, Iwaro Oka Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria with known prior...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i430342
Aim: The aim of this study was to isolate, enumerate, identify and ascertain the antibiotic profile of the bacterial isolates associated with key body parts (Cut stalk, Tip, Endocarp, Vascular Tissue and Epicarp) of Banana fruits (Cavendish, Dwarf Cavendish, Red, Lady Finger and...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i430341
Background: The novel human coronavirus disease COVID-19 has become the fifth reported pandemic since the global spread of 1918 flu and counted as the first documented coronavirus worldwide spread in the history. The COVID-19 was initially considered as a respiratory disease, but...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i430340
Background: The environment plays an important role in the dissemination of multidrug resistant bacteria, especially through the aquatic ecosystem, including hospital effluents, rivers, but also spring water and drinking water. This study aims to determine selected antimicrobial...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i430345
Aims: The work investigated the effects of plant seeds such as fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.), wheat grains (Triticum aestivum L.), and hot red pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) which are traditionally used as natural food preservatives or at least to minimize the used concen...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i430338
Response surface methodology (RSM) model was used to optimize ethanol production from calabash (Crescentia cujete) pulp juice using co-culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Cronobacter malonaticus. The calabash pulp was squeezed with muslin cloth, and vacuum filtered to clear s...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i430339
Tuberculosis is an age-long disease that has proved challenging to eradicate. In 2019 about 10 million people fell ill of TB and it has caused 1.2 million deaths among HIV negative people and 208,000 deaths among HIV positive individuals [1]. The reduction in incidence rate betwe...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i330337
The antimicrobial activity of Zingiber officinale (Ginger) and Curcuma longa (Turmeric) was evaluated using the agar well diffusion method. Different bacterial genera (Staphylococcus Epidermis and Bacillus Sp) which were isolated from the human skin were used as the test isolates...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i330336
Land snails are ubiquitous creatures found on farms, forests and domesticated in homes. Bacteriological studies indicate that various potentially pathogenic bacteria inhabit different organs and tissues including the haemolymph of the African giant snail, the presence of pathogen...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i330335
Background: Wood is naturally degraded by wood degrading microorganisms and modified and partly degraded residual of lignin goes into soil. It is an amorphous and complex aromatic compound. In the plant cells, lignin can be converted via phenylalanine and tyrosine by transaminati...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i330334
Adebayo Sulaiman Nassar, Adeleye Solomon Bakarey, Abdulazeez Aderemi Abubakar, Michael Adeleke Oluwagbemiga, Shukurat Yetunde Alabi, Monsurat Bidemi Hamzat & Clement Oladayo Olawuyi·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2021
Introduction: Artemisinin-based combination treatments (ACTs) such as Artemisinin and mefloquine are generally accepted as the best forms of therapy for uncomplicated falciparum malaria and usually exceed more than 90% effectiveness. However, the problem of resistance to the targ...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i330333
Aim: In this study, the antibacterial effect of the n-hexane, methanol, and ethanol extracts of two traditional medicinal plants, Nigella sativa and Moringa oleifera was carried out to comparatively assess the antibacterial efficacy of these plants against some selected multi-dru...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i330331
Alonge Ivo Ebule, Valentine Ngum Ndze, Ngouana Kammalac Thierry, Guenou Etienne, Chatchweng Kamtchweng Marie Felicite, Kinkela Nzuzi Nkouma Reolayth, Noah Noah Dominique, Minna Maki & Kari Syrjanen·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2021
Introduction: Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with gastrointestinal diseases including atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer. Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated associations between H. pylori infection andextra gastrointestinal organ involvements including corona...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i330332