Aims: Present study highlights the diversity of Gram-negative bacterial community at surface water and their potential as a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes. We also explore the potential of this heterogeneous community to host plasmids of diverse origin. Place and Durat...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/43609
Aims: To determine the prevalence and to assess the antimicrobial susceptibility of individual Corynebacterium species isolated from patients with urinary tract infections. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medical Microbiology, Infant Jesus Teaching Hospital, Warsaw, Po...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/43099
This study was conducted to survey and identify bacteria and fungi associated withb two major dumpsites in Akure metropolis from the months of April, June and August, 2014. Soil samples were taken from the two waste-dump sites at different intervals. A random sample of the tw...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/29376
Aims: To determine the preservative effect of methanol extracts of Azadirachta indica, Euphorbia heterophylla and Tithonia diversifolia on fruits as an alternative to chemicals being used for preservation. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Department o...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/42642
Aim: To examine antibacterial and phytochemical activity of Gliricidia sepium in the treatment of poultry pathogens. Place and Duration of Study: the work was carried out in the Department of Microbiology Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, between January 2013 to...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/24104
Biocontrol of plant pathogens involves the use and manipulation of living organisms or bioorganic compounds to reduce inoculum density and to maintain the pathogen population below the disease threshold level. This study investigated the inhibitory potential of lime fruit (Citrus...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/31539
In addition to other gram-negative bacteria identified as agents at high rates in hospital infections, P. aeruginosa is particularly important with its epidemiological and microbiological characteristics. In this study, infections developing due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa were dis...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/41483
Aim: To investigate the production characteristics and molecular properties of protease from Pediococcus acidilactici under cold storage temperature. Study Design: Identification and re-identification of Pediococcus acidilactis and determination of optimal conditions for protease...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/32506
Diarrhoeal diseases constitute one of the most important causes of illness and death all over the world. In Nigeria, the epidemiology of diarrhoeagenic bacteria and the virulence of the various E. coli pathotypes have not been well studied. This study aimed to survey the prevalen...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/39741
Background: In 2017 the World Health Organization (WHO) classified carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas among the most critical multidrug-resistant bacteria for urgent attention. Aims: Evaluation of two molecular methods for detection of carbapenemase encoding genes in carbapenem r...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/42911