This work was carried out at Sakha Agricultural Research Station Farm during the summer seasons of 2013 and 2014 to evaluate the response of cantaloupe cultivars (Shahd El-Dokki) to spraying with cyanobacteria filtrate and compost tea either alone or mixed under different N level...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/29944
Aims: Waste water emanated from the use of synthetic dyes obtained from different textile and other dyestuff industries require treatment before they are discharge into the environment to prevent groundwater contamination. Considerable interest has been on decolourisation and deg...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/29656
The aim of this study was to demonstrate that biogas can be generated from biodegradable domestic wastes and to determine the bacterial succession involved in the anaerobic decomposition of the wastes. Ten kilogram (10 kg) of biodegradable domestic waste was made into slurry with...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/21910
Aims: The problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now recognized as a major threat to the health and development in all countries. This study was conducted to determine pathogenic bacteria associated with clinical cases of bovine mastitis and their antimicrobial resistance p...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/28838
Aim: The traditional medicinal plant Bergenia ciliata was used to evaluate its antiplasmodial activity against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro and preventive and curative activity against Plasmodium berghei in vivo. The safety of the ethanolic leaf extract of Bergenia ciliata (ELE...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/29262
S. Sankaralingam, B. Harinathan, S. Palpperuma, D. Kathiresan, S. Rajendran, T. Sivakumar, T. Shankar, G. Prabakaran & N. Sivakumar·Microbiology Research Journal International·2016
The study was carried out to isolate phosphate solubilizing bacteria from mangrove soil collected from the Manakudi estuary, Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu, India. Around 20 colonies were obtained in Zobell marine agar plates screened on Pikovskaya’s agar plate for determining their phos...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/28488
Aims: The mortality, morbidity and health cost have been increased due to multiple antimicrobial drug resistance in pathogens across the world. So it is important to discover new active compounds. This study was designed to screen the Chenab river actinomycetes for antimicrobial...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/28805
Background: Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is a multidrug resistant organism that threatens the continued effectiveness of antibiotics worldwide and causes a threat almost exclusively in hospitals and long-term care settings. This study sought to determine the prevalence...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27807
Aims: The study aims to determine the antibiotic susceptibility pattern, incidence of β-lactamase and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) production in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from surgical wounds. Study Design: A cross-sectional study designed to evaluate the incidence o...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/27848
Aim: To determine the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 associated with gastroenteritis in Minna, Niger state. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in the Department of Microbiology, Federal University of technology, Mi...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/29277