Aims: To investigate the prevalence and susceptibility pattern Salmonella enterica strains to ceftriaxone in southwestern Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria from November 2012-May 2013. Methodology: Isolates of Salmonella enterica were characterized by established standard cultural and biochemical tests and was screened in-vitro for their sensitivity to different antibiotics (ampicillin, amoxicillin, chloramphenicol, cotrimoxazole and ceft...
This paper is titled 'Microbiology of Meat Spoilage'. It clearly explains those Spoilage microorganisms associated with the Spoilage of meat and meat products and also the preservative method to be used in preserving meat. On the basis of its high moisture content and presence of adequate nutrient, meat is regarded as the most perishable product (Magnus, 1986) and thereby highly susceptible to spoilage by microbial proliferation. Apart...
Healthy mature seeds of bambara groundnut (Voandzeia subterranea Thouars), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), cattle bone, roselle calyces (Hibiscus sabdariffa), red palm oil, yellow maize (Zea mays), and “achi†(Brachystegia eurycoma), were purchased from Ogige market, Nsukka, Nigeria. Methods The processing methods was based on the methods of Uvere et al., (2010). Production of maize-bambara and maize-cowpea food blends The maize, bambara groundnut and cowpea seeds were cleaned by win...
Introduction Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are bioreactors that convert chemical energy stored in the bonds of organic matters into electricity through biocatalysis of microorganisms (Potter, 1911; Cohen, 1931; Davis and Yarbrough, 1962; Moon et al., 2006). The schematic of a typical MFC is shown in Fig. 1. In the sketch below, the anodic and cathodic chamber are separated by a proton exchange membrane (PEM) (Wilkinson, 2000; Gil et al., 2003) that allows transport protons while blocking oxygen...
NOROVIRUSNorovirus (NoV), causing the winter vomiting disease, is today recognized as the most important agent of acute human gastroenteritisThe etiology of diarrheas can involve several agents, such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites. Bacterial agents are relatively more important in developing countries, whereas viral agents are more relevant in industrialized countries. The importance of these agents is related to hygiene and sanitation conditions for the population1. In 1972, a 27-nm vir...
Abstract This review lays emphasis on the research works carried out across the globe on plastic degrading bacteria. The field of Microbiology is proving to have immense importance in eradicating pollutants from the environment in the long run. One of the most worked on research is on bacterial species that can degrade biodegradable plastic. Biodegradable plastics are made of monomers which bond via ester or ether bonds. Plastics are considered to be one ...
Production of Amylase by solid state fermentation process using the microorganism Aspergillus niger
ABSTRACT The bacteriological quality of snacks and beverages locally produced in RUGIPO were investigated using Standard Microbiological methods. The total bacterial density ranged between 36-49x103cfu/ml, the total coliform count ranged between 5-12x103 and the total yeast/mould count ranged between 6-23x103. A total of nine bacterial genera; E. Coli, Bacillu sp., Enterococcus sp., Enterobacter sp., Klebsilla sp., Proteus sp., Micrococcus sp., and Salmonella sp while a total four mould...
INTRODUCTION Agricultural microbiology is a branch of microbiology dealing with plant-associated microbes and plant and animal diseases. It also deals with the microbiology of soil fertility, such as microbial degradation of organic matter and soil nutrient transformations. Agricultural microbiology is a scientific discipline oriented to satisfy the request of new knowledge from the society, consumers and producers, needed for the exploitation of microbial resources in the main frame of agric...