Achaea constitute a considerable fraction of the prokaryotes which colonize marine and terrestrial ecosystem especially in the extreme environments. These microorganisms play crucial roles and contribute significant impacts on global energy cycles. In fact, the extremophilic char...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/35591
Judith Musona-Rukweza, Pasipanodya Nziramasanga, Muchabayiwa F. Gidiri, Clara O. Haruzivishe & Babil Stray-Pedersen·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2017
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of the Griess test on screening asymptomatic bacteriuria when compared to culture. Study Design: This study was conducted using the cross sectional study design. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at four...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/35761
Introduction: Many studies have evaluated the prevalence of cariogenic pathogens among dental school patients, most notably the Gram-positive organism Streptococcus mutans (SM). Recent evidence has suggested another cariogenic pathogen Scardovia wiggsiae (SW) may also be present...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/36111
Aims: HIV-1 infection results in structural damage to the intestinal mucosa and changes of gut microflora following dysfunction of the gastrointestinal system, including compromised barrier function. Known properties of probiotics suggest that they may be useful tools in restorin...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/34492
Muna, E. Ahmed, A. M. Zakia, A. M. Abeer, Manal, H. Salih, M. O. Halima, Ishraga G. Ibrahim & Hala, A. M. Ibrahim·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2017
Aims: To isolate and identify the aerobic bacteria associated with pulmonary lesions and study the histopathological changes. Study Design: Fourty-five sections of pneumonic lungs from one humped camels with different sex and ages ranging from (6 months -15 years) and originated...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/35855
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of liver cancer-related death in humans; it can be a malignant or localized tumor of liver cells (hepatocytes) and development is by a multistep complex process called Hepatocarcinogenesis. Etiological agents of HCC inclu...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/35944
There has been tremendous growth and development in the use of xylanase in the biotechnology industry. The market trends reveal that xylanase takes major position of share up to 20% of the world enzymes market along with cellulases and pectinases. In fact, xylanase has become one...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/33936
The ability of Staphylococcus aureus to resist cefoxitin amongst other antibiotics has made it a significant public health problem in hospital and community settings. In this study, the occurrence of cefoxitin (methicillin) resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in the University of Calabar...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/34542
Aims: To evaluate conidia yield of entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae Net 275.86DC on different tropical cereal substrates and evaluate its virulence against the bruchid weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus in vitro. Methodology: The fungus was cultured on Sabouraud Dext...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/34610
The study was carried out to determine the effect of different concentrations of ‘kuuru’ on the nutritional quality of fermented African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa) seeds. The dried seeds were processed into ‘iru-pete’, either by boiling the seeds with varying concentrations (...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/32551