Aim: To assess natural electrogenicity and bioelectricity generation potentials of microbial isolates from water sites in Nigeria Study Design: Sampling of various water sites and microbial isolation for subsequent electrogenic characterization of isolates and bioelectricity gene...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/42247
Metals can be leached either directly (physical contact between microorganisms and solid material) or indirectly. The removal of metals from these industrial wastes brings out detoxification of the residues and thus improves the quality of the environment. The waste foundry sand...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/42524
Aims: Koalas are unique obligated eucalyptus feeding Australian marsupials that often require medical treatments after wildlife rehabilitation across Australia. At present, little is known about the pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of drugs commonly used in koalas and how koalas...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/43806
Aim: The study was conducted to determine the presence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) among Escherichia coli isolates recovered from the urine of patients in Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Medical Services, Abuja, Nigeria using a phenotypic and molecular meth...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/43757
Aims: To review current and effective techniques of identifying fungi as against the error prone traditional methods being solely depended on by the developing world and recommend steps to improve fungi identification. Fungi are eukaryotes with cell walls composed of chitin with...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/43123
Endophytic bacteria have been isolated from the roots of Urtica dioica. A total of 54 endophytic bacteria were isolated from the underground parts using suitable surface sterilisation protocol. Three isolates R45a; R45b; R21a were tested for antagonism effect against Fusarium oxy...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/43642
The two heavy metal tolerant bacterial isolates L. fermentum SN_4 and L. rhamnosus SN_6 were identified (isolated from curd samples) which were found to be potentially resistant to Cr6+, Pb2+ and Cd2+ under study. Both the isolates were resistant to simulated gastric juices at pH...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/43480
Purpose: Different studies show consistent predictable bacterial profiles in wound infections, antibiotic resistance and capacity to adapt to a changing environment, which render the pathogens a matter of concern in hospital acquired infections. Therefore, periodical monitoring o...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/41785
Aims: To examine the possible influence of varying altitudes on the morphological traits-based phenotypic variability in Bidens pilosa L. Study Design: Randomly selected plants from each natural region. Place and Duration of Study: Three natural regions of Burundi, i.e. IMBO (84...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/43078
Aims: This study aims to evaluate the five clones of jojoba plant under the influence of irrigation intervals and the impact on growth and yield of chemical content. Study Design: Two field experiments were carried out for five clones (S-L, S-610, S- 700, S-B and S-G), to study...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/41665
Long-term research in pepper organic production are scarce in Republic of Macedonia. Plant and fruit morphological traits of important pepper varieties organically produced were compared to pepper produced in conventional systems. Conceivably, this is the first morphological trai...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/43308
Aims: The gastrointestinal tract is one of the most important organs of the human body and is vulnerable to different diseases. Available drugs often have low efficacy or are associated with many adverse effects. Therefore, alternative drugs are necessary to treat gastrointestina...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/43599
Bakrudeen Ali Ahmed Abdul, R. Vidhyavathi, J. Magesh, M. Vijayakumar, Muneeb M. Mustafa & Faiz M. M. T. Marikar·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2018
Medicinal plants have shown great promise in treating Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which significantly contributes to the production of pharmaceutical and cosmetic molecules with biologically efficient moieties. Plants derived bioactive compounds have been isolated from the medicina...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/40571
The sea cucumber Holothuria scabra has a high commercial value and a great potential to be cultivated. A thorough feeding strategy is needed to overcome juvenile rearing technique constraints. Stable isotope analysis can be used for determining diet sources of sea cucumbers that...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/42591
Bosede Oyegbile, Oludayo Michael Akinsola, Okeke Rufina Obioma, Adekola Omololu Atanda, Balami Samuel Paul, Mary Foluke Oladipo & Zulfat Suleiman Abba·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2018
The present study was designed to develop the prediction equations for 305 days fat corrected milk yield on the basis of part periods milk yield, milk component and conformation traits of multi-genotype cows. Artificial Neural Network model had the best prediction accuracy across...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/41947