Entomopathogenic Fungal agents play an important role in controlling pest population. Besides isolating and exploiting the virulent fungal agents it is essential to maintain its viability for longer period at affordable cost, thereby they could be employed for further research. U...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2024/v34i81470
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli have been identified as an emerging foodborne pathogen which portends serious risk to human health. Cow milk and its products are potential sources of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. A relatively small number from the family of shiga...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2020/v30i630226
Clarisse Kouamé Elogne, AKA N’Guetta, Alain Yeo, Coulibaly N’golo David, Nathalie Guessennd, Jean Claude Anné, Tatianah Kangah Ngoran, Sofia Okpo Boyou, Adèle Kacou N’douba, Hortense Ketté & Mireille Dosso·Microbiology Research Journal International·2019
The aim of this study was to evaluate the distribution of virulence genes among clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa and to compare these factors with the localisation of clinical infection and the serotypes. 151 isolates of P. aeruginosa were collected from various biological flui...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44475
Staphylococcus aureus is a fast evolving and a well-adapted opportunistic pathogen that causes a variety of infections such as boils, abscesses, pneumonia, toxic shock syndrome, endocarditis, bacteraemia and food poisoning in humans. The colonisation of various body sites by S. a...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/31761
Common bean rust (Uromyces appendiculatus) is an etiological agent of bean rust disease of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) that causes damage and consequent yield losses. The high and wide virulence variability of the rust pathogen poses a major challenge to bean breeding pr...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/23305
Aim: To determine the virulence of Fusarium oxysporum on mice kidney organ. Study Design: Study was carried out using experimental design. Place and Duration: The study was carried out at University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. From May 2012–August 2014. Methodology: Isolates from h...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18012
Aims: This study was designed to characterize verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC), important food-borne pathogens, in relation to virulence genes found in large plasmids harboured by disease-associated strains. Our aim was to detect these genes and possible combinations of them...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/13905
Phenomenon of pathogenicity is the polyfunctional biological potency of germs that are realized by factors (determinants) of pathogenicity [1]. Bacterial pathogenicity is an ability of bacteria to induce and develop infectious diseases in multi-cellular organisms (human, animals...
Aims: To determine the prevalence of two virulence genes associated with uropathogenic Escherichia coli; papC gene of the P fimbriae for adherence to uro-epithelial cells and usp (uropathogen-specific protein) gene, a Vibrio cholerae toxin gene homologue. Study Design: Cross sect...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/3187
Aim: Objective of this study was to examine farnesol sensitivity of yeast to hyphae dimorphism in clinical isolates of Candida albicans. Study Design: Variations in virulence attributes contribute to variations in pathogenicity of C. albicans. Ability to switch from yeast to hyph...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2939