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Food spoilage refers to various changes in which the food becomes less palatable or even toxic to consumers these changes may be accompanied by alterations in taste, smell, appearance or...
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Groundnut is the edible seed of plant, Arachis hypogaea. Groundnut are also known as peanuts. Poor storage of peanuts can lead to an infection by the mould fungus Aspergillus fiavus and...
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The antibacterial activity of Citrus sinensis was evaluated on bacteria strains like Escherichia coil, Pseudornonas aeruginosa, kiebsielia pneuinoniae, Staphylococcus aureus. Water and...
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Healing powers of plants are associated with ancient idea. People in all continents have long applied poultices and imbibed infusions of hundreds, if not thousands, of indigenous plants,...
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Preliminary antibacterial and phytochemicaL composition studies on aqueous and methanolic extract of Sansavircia senegembica was carried out. Phytochemical screening of the...
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The microbial quality of Zobo drinks was investigated. The highest mean bacterial count was 5.2 x 10 CFU/ml. while the total colifonns was 4.8 x 10 CFU/ml. Bacteria isolated from Zobo...
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Antimicrobial potential of fresh honey was evaluated on Staphylococcus aureus Escherichia coli using tube dilution method. The Minimum inhibitory concentrations and minimum bactericidal...
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This research was aimed at designing an industrial process for fermentations of maize to produce ogi by inoculating lactic acid bacteria. Changes in pH, temperature and titratable acidity...
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Fifty stool samples were collected from practical year students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike at the Farm Centre to isolate and determine the antibiotic sensitivity...
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Fifty (50) samples of urine were collected from the pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Federal Medical Centre Umuahia with a sterile bottle, to determine the Asymptomatic...
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Yield losses can be the result of abiotic or biotic stressors during the development of crop plants. A large share of these yield losses in sweet potato is caused by fungal plant...
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Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is an important opportunistic pathogen that causes infection in human. The aim of this study was to isolate Staphylococcus aureus from the nostrils of...
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The aim of this project is to compare the bacterial activity of bacteriocins produced from Lactobacillus species and Lactococcus species against some very common test reference pathogens....
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The present study aimed to identify and investigate the antibiotic susceptibility pattern or antibiogram of organisms of public health importance isolated from chicken suya sold in...
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Human and animal infections caused by Salmonella species remain a significant public health problem worldwide. This work was aimed at isolating Salmonella and assessing the prevalence of...
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a species of Staphylococci that has developed resistance to antibiotics normally used to treat infections caused by Staphyloccoci...
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In vitro antibacterial activities of crude extract of Chromoleria odorata and Emilia sonchfihia were investigated against some human pathogens including Pseudomonas aeruginosa,...
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This study was aimed at carrying out a comparative analysis of microorganisms isolated from cow dung and goat dropping. Five samples of cow dung and five samples of Goat droppings were...
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A survey was carried out to determine the level of contamination of eggs with Salmonella species from poultry farms around Umudike. Four farms were sampled with a total number of two...
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Studies were carried out on the phytochemical compositions and in-vitro antimicrobial activities of crude extract of Chassalia kolly and Sida verorncaefolia against 20 isolates of...
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Medicinal plants have been used for centuries as sources of remedies for management of diseases. These medicinal plants represent potential sources for novel antibacterial compounds. In...
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This work studied the in vitro inhibitory effect of bacteriocin from lactic acid bacteria (LAB) U from ugba against spoilage bacteria of carrot (Daucus carrota). Seven bacteria species...
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The study evaluated the microbiological quality of expired and non-expired multivitamin and Vitamin C syrup sold in Umuahia. A total number of twenty (20) samples of both expired and...
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In this study the growth of three lactic acid bacteria strains being Lactobacillus fernientum, Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus nantensis in cereal substrates of maize, sorghum...
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Ogi, which is a common food for weaning babies, is usually low in protein mostly when produced from Maize alone. This research was carried out to determine the possibility of improving the...