The continuous increase in resistance to antimicrobials amongst the Enterobacteriaceae constitutes a growing public health threat and thus has necessitated the need to continuously search for alternative antimicrobial chemotherapy. This study was aimed at evaluating the effects M...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i430202
The constituents of wastes generated from abattoir activities create conducive environment for microbial proliferation, most of which are pathogenic. Infections caused by these microorganisms could result to zoonoses. This study was to determine the distribution of bacterial isol...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i430201
Arnaba Saha Chaity, Md. Ashikul Islam, Tamanna Nasrin, Sathi Rani Sarker, Amit Kumar Dutta, Biswanath Sikdar & Md. Faruk Hasan·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2020
There is an alternative approaches from eradication of infections causes by pathogenic bacteria especially resistant bacteria. Methanol extract of Rumex vesicarius leaves were evaluated from in vitro antibacterial activity against twelve bacterial species were used which are four...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i430199
Exposure to enteric pathogens through direct contact with contaminated toilets surfaces and associated water is one of the major sources of disease transmission in public settings. The bacterial profile of toilet seats in students’ dormitories was investigated to determine the pa...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i430200
Bacillus species are important producers of essential biomolecules such as antibiotics, insecticides and enzymes. However, the immense potential for commercial scale production of these biomolecules still remain largely unexplored. Optimization of the exploitation of these specie...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i330198
This study was aimed at determining the antibacterial activities of Andrographis paniculata on methicillin and vancomycin resistant enteric bacteria isolated from River Owena, Owena, Nigeria. Water samples were collected weekly from River Owena over a period of six weeks (n = 6)....
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i330197
This study investigated the potential of Aspergillus sydowii and Fusarium lichenicola as mixed cultures in the biodegradation of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons TPHs in oilfield wastewater. Oilfield wastewater was collected from an onshore oil producing platform and biodegradation o...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i330194
Aims: This experiment was done to investigate the effect of adding Rosmarinus officinalis essential oil (REO) in tomato juice and paste during processing in condition of reduced thermal treatment on nutritional qualities and evaluate their postharvest shelf life under Bacillus ce...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i330195
N. M. Sati, P. E. Emennaa, E. C. Okolocha, J. Kabir, H. M. Kazeem, M. Muhammad, A. A. Lettini, I. O. Fagbamila & L. U. Enurah·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2020
Salmonella infections are not new in Nigerian farms and most times also, it is not clear whether the infections are coming from the hatcheries or they are acquired on the farms. The aim of this study was to determine the sources of salmonella infections in nine selected farms pri...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i330191
Fungal population dynamics was monitored in an oil-polluted soil undergoing remediation by enhanced natural attenuation (RENA) at Ibaa, Emohua L. G. A. Rivers State. Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined from baseline [pre-...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i230190
Microbial exopolysaccharide (EPS) emerged as a fast and high yielding sustainable polymeric substance which can be used as an alternative to synthetic polymer in industry. In this study, the influence of various nutritional and environmental factors of fermentation medium on bact...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i230189
The aim of this research is to investigate the antibacterial and phytochemical properties of stem extract of Andrographis paniculata (Nees). The phytochemical and antibacterial activities of the stem of Andrographis paniculata were determined using standard methods. The phytochem...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i230188
Salmonella is one of the most common zoonotic bacteria that cause foodborne illness in humans. An investigation was conducted to determine the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Salmonella isolates from chicken eggs in the Naogaon district, Bangladesh. Salmonell...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i230187
Aims and Objective: Many diseases have a high prevalence in India, accounting for one-fourth of the Tuberculosis (TB) cases in the world. In our study, we aimed to find the prevalence of Pre XDR-TB and XDR-TB amongst newly diagnosed cases of pulmonary MDR-TB who had never been pr...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i230186
Aims: The contamination of sea fish and seafood by bacteria of fecal origin along with various pathogenic drug-resistant microorganisms are widely documented as the cause of several human diseases. Our present studies aim to determine the comparative microbiological quality among...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i130185