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
Aim: To analyse and compare the effect of two products of spent phone batteries on bacteria (Pseudomonas sp.) and fungi (Mucor sp.) in marine, brackish and freshwater using standard toxicological bioassay. Study Design: The study employs experimental design, statistical analys...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/44033
Aims: This study aimed to determine the biodegradative potential of crude oil by Chryseobacterium sp. and Lysinibacillus fusiformis isolated from Crude Oil site in Gokana LGA, of Rivers State. Study Design: Research was designed to evaluate the speed of degradation of crude oil b...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/42680