I. O. Hakam

Prevalence and Antibiogram of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from West African Mud Creeper (Tympanotonus fuscatus)

N. P. Akani, I. O. Hakam & T. Sampson · South Asian Journal of Research in Microbiology · 2019

The menace of opportunistic infections arising from food contamination can be tackled with knowledge of agents effective against the etiologic agents. A bacteriological examination was carried out on Tympanotonos fuscatus (West African Mud Creeper) sold at different markets in Po...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajrm/2019/v5i230126

Evaluation of the Antibacterial Activity of Gongronema latifolium and Costus afer Leaf Extracts on E. coli (ATCC 29455) and S. aureus (ATCC 25923)

N. P. Akani, C. Nwachukwu & I. O. Hakam · International Journal of Pathogen Research · 2020

Man’s use of medicinal plants in treating illnesses is as old as human existence and many plants have been used for this purpose because of their phytochemical constituents that prove many times to be antimicrobial. The antibacterial activity of the leaf extract of Gongronema lat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpr/2020/v5i430139

Molecular Characterization and Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Pseudomonas Species Isolated from Tympanotonus fuscatus

T. Sampson, N. P. Akani & I. O. Hakam · Journal of Advances in Microbiology · 2020

Aim: This was carried out to characterize Pseudomonas species isolated from the West African Mud Creeper (Tympanotonus fuscatus) molecularly and as well detect the possible presence of inducible AmpC gene that mediates resistance to cephalosporins and most penicillins. Sample: Ty...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i630252