Microflora from potato rhizosphere soil was isolated from different potato fields of Bangladesh. Seventeen soil samples were analyzed for the presence of microflora in selected potato field soils. Seven fungal species and one bacterium species were morphologically characterized u...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i930277
Aims: The investigation focused on production, preservation and shelf-life study of wine from banana fruit (Musa acuminata). Study Design: This work is based on completely randomized design with two replications and the average values calculated for mean comparison. Place and Dur...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i930280
Non-responder refers to an individual did not develop their anti HBs, even after administration of a 2 complete series of the HBV vaccine. Due to mutant variants, vaccine failure occurred in numerous reports but the incidence of these mutants were unknown. Primary HBV vaccine ser...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i830276
S. O. Bankole, M. B. Oyedeji, O. A. Alagbe, E. P. Chukwudebe, A. O. Olatunji, R. V. Oyewunmi & O. S. Ariwoola·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2020
Effects of 2,4-D(2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid) and Dichlorvos(2,2-dichlorovinyl dimenthyl phosphate DDVP) were investigated on soil microbial population in a 4 weeks experiment. Soil samples were serially diluted and inoculated using pour plate method on different medium and i...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i830275
Candida spp. are emerging pathogens of hospital-acquired infections that causes invasive candidiasis, leading to human mortality and morbidity. Evolution of resistance to different groups of antifungal drugs is a major concern nowadays. Resistance mechanism in some of the antifun...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i830274
There is an increase in aquaculture in Kenya due to increased demand for fish as a source of white meat and increased population growth. Most fish farmers use plant-based ingredients such as peanuts, cottonseed, soybeans, maize bran and wheat as sources of protein for the fish fe...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i830273
The present study was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of pyrolytic oil obtained from Triplochion scleroxylon sawdust which used as a preservative against fungi attack on Alstonia bonnei, Ceiba pentandra, Pterocarpus osun, Terminalia randii, Triplochiton scleroxylon w...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i830270
Lacinan Ouattara, M’boh Epi Reine Elisabeth N’gou, Issa Bagré, Andrée Emmanuelle Sika & Karamoko Ouattara·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2020
Trema guineensis is a woody plant distributed in tropical forest of which leaf and bark extracts are traditionally used for the treatment of various diseases including fever, bronchitis, and gastrointestinal disorders. Previous studies have highlighted their antibacterial activit...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i830271
The Physico-chemistry and heavy metal analyses of Elechi creek were assessed to determine the level of contamination and concentration of metals in the water body. Standard analytical procedures were used during the study. The study showed that pH recorded 7.00-7.35 in surface wa...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i830272
Aims: This study was set to optimize conditions for real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of dengue virus by using rapid and simple nucleic acid extraction method. Methodology: One step and two step real time RT-PCR were evaluated in dif...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i830269
In this study, the biosafety of the consumption of coconut water and oil was investigated. This was carried out by assessing their effects on the types and population of bacterial flora in the ileum of Apparently Healthy Wistar (AHW) rats. Both the in vitro and in vivo assays wer...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i730268
The aim of this study was to identify and evaluate the physiological studies of lactic acid bacteria from native raw cow milk. Cow milk samples were collected purposively from four different locations in Ibadan. The proximate analysis, pH and acidity of the milk samples were exam...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i730267
Background: Opportunistic fungal infection in HIV positive individualshas a high risk of morbidity and mortality as it could be a pointer to systemic infection. Moringa oleifera is one of the 14 species of the family Moringaceae with traditional effectiveness in anti–helminthic,...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i730265
Wine, an alcoholic beverage is usually produced from juice of variety of fruits by the fermentative action of microorganisms particularly by yeasts. Several substrates such as pineapple, banana, watermelon, pawpaw and other fruits have been used to produce wine using Saccharomyce...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i730264
The nutritional and mycoflora changes in dried African yam beans (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) were investigated during a storage period of twenty weeks. The result of the proximate analysis (g/100 g) showed that the following moisture content decreased from 11.15-9.80, fat 1.25-0.49...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2020/v20i730263