Background: Sida cuneifolia is utilized traditionally to treat many ailments yet as far as we know its medicinal properties have not been scientifically tested locally in Kenya. The aim of the present study was therefore to investigate the antimicrobial properties of S. cuneifoli...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37894
Background: The role of microorganisms and the etiology of periodontal disease is well established. Despite the fact that periodontal diseases are caused by dental plaque there existed some controversies regarding the role of specific organisms in the pathogenesis of the periodon...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37877
Antibacterial Activity of Boswellia dalzielii Leaves Extracts against Some Pathogenic Bacterial Isolates Aim: The study was conducted to investigate the antibacterial activity of Boswllia dalzielii leaves extracts and its major phytochemical constituents. Materials and Methods: T...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37690
Background: Emergence of antimicrobial resistance has limited treatment options against bloodstream infections. This study aimed to determine bacterial isolates from blood culture of patients with bloodstream infection and their sensitivity to antimicrobials at patients attending...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/38055
Mechanisms of Bacterial Antibiotics Resistance: A Review From the history of human population, it can be concluded that the infections has been one of the major cause of disease. It was thought that this hazard should be resolve with the help of antibiotics. However, bacteria hav...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37689
Aim: To investigate the possible conversion of kitchen waste sludge into organic fertilizer using a bio-treatment agent. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at Afe Babalola University in the green house and the Kitchen waste sludge was obtained from the open dr...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37358
G. O. Daramola, A. O. Oluyege, H. A. Edogun, A. O. Ajayi, C. O. Esan, A. O. Ojerinde, O. O. Ajala, A. Agbaje, O. Ogunfolakan & A. Egbebi·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2017
With the huge potential health hazards and dangers associated with skin and sclera tattooing, there is hardly any responsible government anywhere that will not take interest in the rate and manner its populace in general and the youths in particular engage in the practice of skin...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37366
The immunomodulatory and toxicological properties of Goya extra virgin olive oil on albino rats orogastrically dosed with Salmonella typhi were evaluated in this study. Twenty albino rats were randomly distributed into four groups (A-D) of five rats each. The groups (B-D) infecte...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37372
Aims: This work was conducted to evaluate the antimicrobial resistance of Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria of human and animal origin to commonly used antibiotics in Sudan according to the previous studies on antimicrobial resistant. Study Design: Data were collected from...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/36715
Aims: The aim of the study was to investigate the microbial safety and quality assessment of processing breadnut (Artocarpus camansi) into boiled and fermented product for 72 hours at room temperature (30°C±2°C) as condiment. Methodology: The raw seed was boiled with 0.07% salt a...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/36577
In order to clone active Catalase gene from bacteria, we introduced a method of shotgun integrating specific screen from Escherichia coli DH 5a. Genome DNA was extracted from E. coli DH5 and partially digested with Sau3AI. Then some fragments more than 2.26kb were collected and l...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/34608
Introduction: Black eye pea (Vigna unguiculata), because of its preferred taste and nutritional value is one of the commonly eaten beans in Nigeria. Aim: The effect of processing techniques like soaking, dehulling and drying on microbial quality, nutritional and mineral compositi...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/36554
This study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of locally formulated Effective Microorganisms (EM) in the degradation of organic solid wastes. The study was laid out in a Completely Randomized Block Design with three replicates each. The research was conducted at the Ce...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/36292
A survey of tsetse and other biting flies in Kaura LGA of Kaduna State was under taken. The study was undertaken to determine the presence of tsetse flies, species, their infection rate, distribution and other biting flies in the study area. The study was carried out between Sept...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/35455
Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of Salmonella typhi infection in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Place of Study: Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State; Department of Biological Sciences, Bingham University, Karu. Materials and...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37074