Adenike O. Wejinya, Sunday Y. Giami, Lucretia I. Barber & Patience C. Obinna-Echem·Asian Food Science Journal·2022
Potential probiotics were isolated, identified and characterised from ogi, fufu, nunu, palmwine and fermented tigernut milk. Pour plate method was used for the isolation of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) on De Man Rogosa Sharpe (MRS) media. Three (3) pure colonies were distinctly obt...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2022/v21i530427
Aim: The aim of this study is to isolate microorganisms present during fermentation of sorghum for production of akamu. Place and Duration: The study was done at Nsukka, Enugu State for a period of ten weeks. Methodology: The production processes of two local producers were monit...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/35601
African catfish larvae do not have fully developed digestive system at onset of first exogenous feeding. Live feed like artemia have been used more than dry diets but is also costly. The gut microbiota may be influential in larval diet utilization. We therefore made three larval...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/23537
Aims: To evaluate the variation of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium population within and between healthy individuals. Methodology: Five healthy participants were recruited, and advised not to consume yoghurt, antibiotics, alcohol and steroid during the study. Three (3) fecal sa...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22517
Aim: To study the impact of sweet potatoes on α-glucosidase, β-glucosidase, acid phosphatase, and phytase activity of Lactobacillus. Study Design: Enzymatic activity of seven strains of Lactobacillus grown in a sweet potato medium (SPM) was determined and compared to the standard...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5921
Aims: The aim of this study was to assess probiotic attributes such as adhesion, auto aggregation, hydrophobicity and antibacterial activity of Lactobacillus strains from dairy products. Methodology: In this study, the autoaggregation, coaggregation, hydrophobicity and adhering a...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/6462
Aim: To correlate H2O2 production of Lactobacillus species with the Nugent scores of young Nigerian women in order to assess their vaginal health. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Departments of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, Biochemistr...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/4327
Eighteen Lactobacillus strains were isolated from Moroccan traditional dairy products and evaluated for their in vitro probiotic potential. The results showed that all strains tested tolerate acid gastric conditions (pH 2.0 and pH 3.0), while ten of them were bile resistant. Alth...