Aim: In this study we wanted to determine bacteria for chromium (VI) removal under pH, chromium concentration, carbon source and immobilizing agents. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in the Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural and Applied S...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/27341
The effect of processing methods and varying dietary inclusion levels of ginger on performance and gut morphology of broilers was studied. Ten experimental diets designated as diet 1 (control 0% ginger inclusion), diet 2 (sundried ginger at 1%), diet 3 (sundried ginger at 1.5%),...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/24716
Aim: Aguas Calientes (AC) is one of the very few geothermal springs located deep into the Amazon rainforest in Peru. The main aim of this study was to generate an illumina based high resolution microbial phylogenetic profile of the soil-mousse surrounding of an Amazonian geotherm...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/27519
Farouk Segujja, Bashir Mwambi, Charles Kato Drago, Nathan Musisi Lubowa, Joseph Mugambwa & Patrick Wabuyi·Biotechnology Journal International·2016
Aim: The study was conducted to determine antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among isolates from ward fomites at Kiwoko Hospital and to detect resistances in the form of Macrolide Lincosamide StreptograminB (MLSB), Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Extended S...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/27861
Salt stress causes huge losses of agricultural productivity worldwide, negatively affects soil properties and limits plants growth. In the present study, response of 11 wheat (Triticum aestivum) landrace varieties, 2 commercial cultivars and 2 promising lines to three levels of s...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/26656
Enset [Enset ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman], a plant widely cultivated in south and southwest of Ethiopia has been shown to be a rich source of starch. A review regarding comparison of enset starch with other widely known commercial starches and its significant applications in pha...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/26896
Aims: Hemoglobinopathies including HbE β thalassemia are associated with significant cardiac and pulmonary compromise in affected persons. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiac and pulmonary health of transfusion dependent 50 HbE β thalassemia patients of West Bengal....
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/26529
There is unequivocal evidence that administration of probiotics could be effective in the treatment of acute infectious diarrhoea in children and the prevention of antibiotic associated diarrhoea and nosocomial/community acquired diarrhoea. Encouraging evidence is also emerging f...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/26531
Objective: To investigate the effect of the combined treatment of Moringa oleifera and Pleurotus ostreatus on blood glucose, amylase and lipid profile of diabetic rats. Study Design: Animal experimental study. Place of Study: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of S...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/27365
Microbiologically-influenced corrosion (MIC) is defined as the deterioration of metals as a result of metabolic activities of microbes. The biological harmful activities modify local chemistry and render it more corrosive to the metal. The aerobic iron and manganese bacteria are...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/27049