Aims: Street food vendors handle money and food simultaneously, creating possibilities of cross contamination. This study focused on determining the microbial loads of street vended foods and currency denominations received as change; identify and determine the antibiotics resist...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2019/45662
Mulualem Lemma, Tadelo wondmagegn, Bewketu Mengesha, Sheferaw Yehuala, Meseret Workineh & Ebba Abate·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2019
Background: Tuberculosis is one of the fundamental health problems in the world. During TB infection immune cells and cytokines play the major role for the pathogenesis of the disease and also for host defence. Cells of immune system play a great role to decrease the progress of...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2019/44844
Candidiasis is a fungal infection due to any type of Candida (a type of yeast). Vaginal candidiasis is common during pregnancy and may impact negatively on the health of the woman. The aim of this study is to determine and compare the prevalence of vaginal candidiasis among pregn...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2019/45762
Aim: This study was conducted to determine the bacterial counts in unprocessed bovine milk among different sub locations, milk sources and replicates in different months having different seasons. Study Design: A cross-sectional study design was employed whereby milk samples from...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2019/45570
Retraction Notice: This paper has been retracted from the journal after receipt of written complains. This journal is determined to promote integrity in research publication. This retraction is in spirit of the same. After formal procedures editor(s) and publisher have retracte...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2019/44269
Xylopic acid is one of the most abundant constituents in Xylopia aethiopica. Various studies have shown that the compound possesses a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity. In this study, the antimicrobial activities of novel ester, amide and de-acetyl derivatives of xylopic a...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2019/45824
A study was conducted in order to assess the bacteria associated with postharvest decay of cold storage potato. Rotten potatoes were collected from cold storage of Homna upazilla under Comilla district of Bangladesh. The experiment was conducted in the MS Laboratory of Department...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2019/45835
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a kind of bacteria which is resistant against methicillin and other kind of many antibiotics. S. aureus and MRSA can lead to serious problem in human as well as animals. The problem can be simple or sometimes serious such as s...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/44856
Aims: Assessing the microbiological quality of indoor air in some public toilets of major motor parks in Port Harcourt metropolis Study Design: Indoor air of public toilets in three major parks in Port Harcourt was sampled using the sedimentation technique. This was done in two p...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/45716
Aims: The aim of our study is to isolate, characterize as well as determine the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae from women attending some selected hospitals in Sokoto, North western Nigeria. Study Design: The study was designed to isolate and...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/45968
Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) is a commonly consumed fish in Nigeria. Its high demand necessitated fish farming in ponds which is now the current trend for fish production in Nigeria. Thus, the safety and quality of pond raised catfish has to be ascertained. The nutritional conten...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/45598
Aim: To optimize media components and cultural conditions using response surface methodology (RSM) in the production of invertase by Aspergillus niger grown on potato peels (P1) and pineapple peels (P2). Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at Environmental Microb...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/45480
Kabir, B. Amina, A. A. Farouq, A. D. Ibrahim, A. U. Rabi’u, A. Bala, K. T. Mumuney, H. Salisu & S. Y. Abdullahi·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2018
Artificial sweeteners such as saccharin were used in place of sugar in the production of sobo drink. Sobo (Hibiscus sabdariffa) is a local drink produced by boiling the Sobo (Hibiscus sabdariffa), sieving out the calyces and addition of artificial sweetener such as saccharin Upon...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/45704
The research was aimed to study the effect of Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus plantenrun and Weissalla ciberia on growth performance, feed conversion ratio and mortality of broiler chicken. This was design to find a possible alternative to antibiotics in broiler production...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/45770
Aims: The present study was aimed at detecting of aflatoxigenic moulds and aflatoxins in maize and millet grains commonly marketed in Zaria Metropolis. Study Design: The study was a laboratory-based research aimed at Detecting aflatoxigenic moulds and aflatoxins in the grains sam...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/40075