The study was carried out to establish the effect of brine at different concentration (10%, 15% and 20%) on the quality of‘fufu flour’. The tubers were peeled, washed and soaked in brine at different concentrations of ...

This study investigated the rate of sensitivity of multi-drug resistant P. aeruginosa from various environmental samples and clinical specimen to different antibiotics. A total of 135 isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...

Xylanolytic enzymes brings about the hydrolysis of complex biomolecules into simpler monomers. This study deals with production of xylanase enzyme from the bacterium Bacillus megaterium KPWS using kolanut husk as substrate. ...

Local alcoholic beverages produced in Africa involve the activities of an array of microorganisms to produce drinks of acceptable quality characteristics through fermentation. This study was aimed at investigating the ...

Investigation was conducted on Pleurotus ostreatus, an edible mushroom, cultivated on sawdusts of five selected tropical medicinal trees namely, Magnifera indica (mango tree), Anacardium occidentale (cashew tree), Azadirchata ...

Study was carried out to investigate the anti-typhoid activity of ethanolic pulp extract of unripe Anonna muricata fruits in Swiss albino rats infected with Salmonella typhi. Phytochemical and proximate screenings were ...

The antibacterial efficacy of leaf extracts from guava Psidium guajava (Linn) were assessed on bacterial indicators isolated from two groundwater sources that are prone to faecal contamination in Akure, Nigeria. The load ...

This research aimed at screening bacterial isolates associated with the rumen of cow and goat for cellulase, xylanase and mannanase production, partially purifying and characterizing them. Ruminal samples from cows and ...

Probiotic foods are functional foods which provide healthy benefit beyond nutrition. In this study, non-dairy probiotic drinks were produced from tigernut extracts and soymilk. In the production of this probiotic drinks, ...

Urease producing bacteria are significant for their increasing roles in human pathogenicity, biocementation and as soil fertilizer. This study was therefore, aimed at isolation of urease producers from urea-rich soil samples ...