Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of two disinfectants, Jik and Roberts, under use-conditions against some hospital isolates using their phenol coefficient. The effects of pH and temperature on the phenol coefficients were also tested. Phenol coefficient st...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/41376
Aims: This work aimed at investigating the effect of mutation and immobilization on EPS production and to characterize the EPS produced by L. delbrueckii and Weissella confusa. Study Design: To determine the effect of mutation using UV irradiation and immobilization using differe...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/40686
Diarrheal diseases often attributable to poor sanitary conditions and fecal contamination of drinking water remain a leading cause of mortality for children younger than five years. Water contaminated with human faeces, for example from municipal sewage, septic tanks and latrines...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/39522
Aims: The study was aimed at determining the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and associated risk factors among school children in parts of Kaduna state. Study Design: Cross-sectional community-based study. Place and Duration of Study: Kaduna state from February to September...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/40111
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the antibiotic resistance profile and characterize extended spectrum beta-lactamase gene of enterobacteria strains isolated from human biological products, fecal matter of animals and the environment. Materials and Methods: Enterob...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/39955
Chancel Hector Momo Kenfack, Pierre Marie Kaktcham, François Zambou Ngoufack, Yan Rui Wang, Li Yin & Taicheng Zhu·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2018
The objective of this work was to isolate, identify and characterize lactobacilli strains from the intestinal tract of honey bees as putative probiotics. We obtained eighty-five isolates. At the end of screening based on physiological properties, 17 isolates were pre-selected and...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/40780
An investigation was carried out on the microbiological and physicochemical quality of Amadi-ama Creek in Rivers State. Samples taken from the Creek were subjected to some physicochemical analyses like pH, DO, BOD, Hardness, temperature, sulphate, phosphate, turbidity, electrical...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/40795
Antibacterial and Ftir Spectral Analysis of Methanolic Extract of Gliricidia sepium Leaves Aim: The present study was carried out with the objective to analyse the methanol extracts of Gliricidia sepium leaves using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic method. Place an...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/40580
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Microorganisms Isolated from the Intestine and Body Parts of the African Giant Land Snail (Achatina achatina) Sold in Akure, Nigeria Aims: To evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of microorganisms isolated from the intestine of...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/40621
Distribution and Identification of Nematodes in Tomato Farmers’ Fields in the Selected Semi-Arid Climates of Central and Northern Tanzania Aims: On farm assessment of nematode infestation in tomato farmers’ fields was carried out by scoring their incidence and severity in the sel...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/38936