Floods are high volumes of water over areas that are normally dry land, and are among the most frequent and costly natural disasters. The aim of this work was to evaluate the impact of flooding on the bacteriological quality of a water body in a rural Niger Delta Community in Del...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2022/v12i230268
Chizurum P. Christian, George C. Njoku, Chibuzo V. Alisigwe, David U. Iloanusi, Emmanuel K. Amanze, Prisca C. Aririguzo & Isabel C. Nwagu·South Asian Journal of Research in Microbiology·2022
Infection in wound delays healing and may cause wound breakdown, herniation, and complete wound dehiscence. This study investigated the isolation and identification of bacteria associated with wound sepsis. A total number of ten (10) swab samples were collected at random from the...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2022/v12i230267
The contamination of vended food with microorganisms especially pathogenic microbes is a public health hazard that could result to gastroenteritis. The aim of this study was to identify by molecular techniques bacteria associated with vended suya meat in part of Port Harcourt. Fo...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2022/v12i230266
Background: Pseudomonas mosselli is a Gram negative, rod-shaped, aerobic, non-sporing and motile bacterium co-existing in the soil with plants, protecting them from fungal and bacterial infections by producing diverse molecules and causing rare opportunistic infections in immunoc...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2022/v12i130265
Water is the most important resource on earth and safe drinking water is essential to sustain life. Most rural communities do not treat their water before consumption. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the microbiological quality of water, sediment and soil charact...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2022/v12i130264
In this study, we used green synthesis method in prepared Nano particles. (AgNps) were prepared by the use of plant extract under standard laboratory conditions in clean room in Nano technology and advance materials research centre (NAMRC) /university of technology /Iraq as initi...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2022/v12i130263
Aim: To determine the resistance Enterococcal isolates to common chemical agents used for disinfection in homes and hospitals. Place and Duration of the Study: Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital, Parklane and University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNT...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2022/v12i130262
The microbial quality of soil around the oilfield wastewater discharge pond was investigated to determine the microbial dynamics in the soil. Soil samples were randomly collected at four different parts around the pond and 80 meters away from the pond (control) at a depth of 0-15...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2022/v12i130261
Background: The use of combinational approach in chemotherapeutic management has proven more effective against infectious disease and lower resistance development but the untoward effect of this is yet to be explored for alternative medicine. Aims: This study aimed to study the e...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2021/v11i430260
Objectives: Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen with intrinsic and acquired resistance to many antibiotics, resulting in high morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to detect MDR Acinetobacter baumannii and its resistant genes (blaNDM, blaOXA48) from...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2021/v11i430258