Aims: This study aims to evaluate the microbiological safety in street foods available in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Study Design: Seven categories of street foods were collected aseptically in triplicates from 10 locations of the most populous areas of Dhaka city, transported to th...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/44163
Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the antagonistic effect of bacteria associated with palm wine from Raphia vinifera on Salmonella typhi, the etiological agent of typhoid fever. Method: Isolation and identification of bacteria from palm wine and the isolation of S. typhi...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/44669
Hend Shubar, Manal Abdul Gawad, Basma Doro, Najib Sufya, Attiya Alatery, Salah B. Mohamed & Najat Al Magrha·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2018
Aims: Diabetic foot ulcer is a significant complication of diabetes mellitus and often proceed lower extremely amputation. Propolis is a naturally occurring anti-inflammatory bee derived protectant resin. Previously, topically applied propolis has been reported to reduce inflamma...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/43231
Laccases produced by Trametes sp. are extracellular multi-copper oxidases, capable of oxidising large number of xenobiotics including dyes. Challenges often encountered in large-scale utilisation include the high cost of production, low yield and unstable enzymes. Lignocellulosic...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/44218
Aim: This study aimed at investigating lactic acid bacteria (LAB) as starter cultures for the improvement of alcoholic beverages. Methodology: Sorghum was obtained from Bodija market and also from the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Ibadan. LAB were isolated from...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/43156
Spoilage of fruits imparts great economic loss and a potential health hazard to the general populace. A research was conducted to identify the different types of fungal flora responsible for the spoilage of fruits in Bwari market, Abuja, Nigeria. Seventy fruits that showed decaye...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/42620
The effect of Aloe vera gel on microorganisms associated with the deterioration of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) fruits was investigated. Sweet orange fruit was obtained from selected markets and farm in Akure, Nigeria. Microorganisms associated with the deterioration were ident...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/40678
L. U. Enurah, C. l. Nwosuh, D. O. Ehizibolo, N. M. Sati, P. E. Emenna, I. Shittu, E. T. Obishakin & I. O. Nwagbo·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2018
This study describes the genetic analysis of an atypical infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) detected from an outbreak in a poultry farm in Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria in 2017. The farm with seven thousand, six hundred and eleven (7,611) four weeks old vaccinated pullets had 7...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/44386
Background: Increase in global dissemination of NDM-1 and OXA-48 particularly among Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli pose serious threat to antimicrobial therapy. Aim: This study investigated the prevalence of OXA-48 like and NDM-1 among clinical isolates of K. pneumoni...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/43928
Aims: To investigate and compare the antibacterial activity of sorghum “ogi” slurry, liquor and that of conventional antibiotics against diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli. Place and Duration of Study: This research work was carried out at the Department of Microbiology Laboratory,...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/44011
Effects of available water for microbial growth, water activity (aw) and incubation temperature on qualities of conidia produced by three entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana, Isaria farinosa and Metarhizium anisopliae were evaluated in vitro. Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA)...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/44190
Listeriosis remains a foodborne disease to be reckoned with courtesy of its high mortality rate among high-risk persons. This study, therefore, examined the occurrence and the phylogenetic relationship of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from different samples. A total of 175 samp...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/43046
Proximate Composition of corn bran was studied to determine its viability or efficacy as a potential substrate for the cultivation of A. niger. Corn bran for this study was obtained from a local milling house in Kaduna metropolis Nigeria and the Association of Analytical Chemist...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/43804
Antibiotics have been used appropriately and inappropriately in animal husbandry. In abattoir, faeces generated as wastes may contain coliforms and/or antibiotics which seep through the soil into ground water or runoff into surface water, thereby contaminating the water. This stu...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/44202
Replication-competent oncolytic viruses (OVs) have been widely employed as vectors for cancer therapy because they possess the ability to selectively infect, replicate in and destroy tumor cells, while sparing their normal counterparts. Among OVs, the Rodent protoparvovirus 1 (Ro...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/36776