Aims: Biosurfactants are surface active compound that are synthesized by microbes like bacteria, fungi and yeast. Biosurfactant have different applications in the industries. Biosurfactant can be used as emulsifiers, as well as demulsifiers, wetting agents, foaming agents, spread...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/29815
Aims: Waste water emanated from the use of synthetic dyes obtained from different textile and other dyestuff industries require treatment before they are discharge into the environment to prevent groundwater contamination. Considerable interest has been on decolourisation and deg...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/29656
Aims: The problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now recognized as a major threat to the health and development in all countries. This study was conducted to determine pathogenic bacteria associated with clinical cases of bovine mastitis and their antimicrobial resistance p...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/28838
Vaginal infections affect most females during their lifetime, with approximately 50% having two or more episodes of vaginal candidiasis. The study was conducted to assess the incidence of Candida, bacteria and Lactic acid bacteria deficiency related vaginal infections among femal...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27575
Aims of the Study: To isolate and identify the bacteria associated with mastitis and study the pathology of udder tissue. Study Design: Out of 353 culled she-camels (from Tumbool abattoir), 105 (29, 7%) sections of udders (including 31 milk samples) showing mastitis lesions were...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/25966
Aim: This study investigated the production of biosurfactant from bacteria isolated from hydrocarbon-polluted and pristine soils within Ogoniland in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Methods: Baseline physicochemical parameters of the soil (total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH), the...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26294
Middle ear swabbed samples from patients (aged ≤1 yr to ≥ 60 yrs) attending Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) clinics at Uyo and Ikot Ekpene with chronic otitis media (COM) were analyzed microbiologically. The occurrences of DNase, β-lactamase, haemolysin production and susceptibility o...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/13736
This study was focused on identifying and characterizing the ecological microbial communities in soil samples from Akoko communities in Akoko South West Local Government area, and Akure, the State capital, Ondo State, Nigeria. Parameters such as soil temperature, pH, and some bio...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24073
Ani Ogonna Christiana, Nnamounu Emmanuel Ikechukwu, Onuchkwu Chinedu Christian, Nwabor Ozioma Forstinus & Agah Maduka Victo·Microbiology Research Journal International·2015
Aims: This study investigated the bacterial load and isolated the implicated bacteria on the leaf surfaces of Alchornea cordifolia, Musa sapientum and Thaumatococcus danielli in Ebonyi State, South Eastern Nigeria. Study Design: The research was laboratory-based investigation. Pl...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22391
The study was carried out to identify bacteria associated with crude oil polluted water collected from the Fish pond, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State Nigeria. The water samples were aseptically collected into several cap...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/17800
Sixty kitchen sponges collected from the households in three major communities in Ikwuano L.G.A, Umuariaga, Amawom and Amaoba were examined microbiologically using standard methods. Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aspergillus niger were recover...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/19952
Aims: This study is aimed to ascertain the prevalence and antibiogram of bacterial isolates causing urinary tract infection in Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki I (FETHA I) with the view to establishing a base line for the cautious use of antibiotics in the hospital. Study Desi...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16696
Aims: This study was aimed at identifying and characterizing the different microbial groups that are involved in the composting process of household waste from the city of Dschang. Study Design: Three compost heaps of household wastes were studied, and a composite sample was coll...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16821
Water samples were collected from twelve locations along the Ethiope River, Delta State, Nigeria to determine the petroleum degrading potentials of bacterial isolates and their x-ray mutants using standard methods. Bacteria isolated were Bacillus sp, Klesiella sp, Escherichia sp,...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/8111
Today the issue of food safety is global problem that gets main concern in setting public health policy. The eruption of diseases caused by food contamination occurs in places where sanitation and hygiene conditions are generally poor. Reliable identification of bacteria remains...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/13792