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Advances in Microbiology (AIM) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in Microbiology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of Microbiology. Al…
Nafisatu Bukari, Mabel Kyei Kwofie, Oluwaseyi Adeboye
Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) occurrence in milk and milk products has been a major concern among food scientists over the past three decades owing to its possible health risk in humans. The well-documented AFM1 associated adverse health outcomes include hepatocarcinog…
Mabel Kyei Kwofie, Nafisatu Bukari, Oluwaseyi Adeboye
Probiotics have become essential in food safety and health discourse with interest in their availability, stability, nutrition, and health implications. In this paper, an overview of probiotics of yeast and lactic acid, bacterial fermented food is presented.…
Bright Fafali Dogbey, Salis Ibrahim, John Apirigi-Eta Abobe
This present study compared antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of acetone and water extracts of Theobroma cacao beans against Escherichia coli . Total phenolic content (TPC) in both extracts was estimated by the Folin-Denis reagent. The present study sh…
Dina Mofed, Wafaa Ahmed, Abdel-Rahman Zekri, Ola Said, Mohamed Rahouma, Ahmed Hassan Ibrahim Faraag
Objective: Evaluation antiviral effects of Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) leaf extract against HCV. Methods: cell proliferation was assessed using MTT assay after isolation of lymphocyte cells and treated with Ashwagandha water extract (ASH-WX) (6.25 mg/ml…
Omar Bashir Ahmed
Legionella pneumophila ( L. pneumophila ) is the most common causative agents for all outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease. Prevention and control of Legionellosis requires surveying and monitoring of Legionella in the environment using conventional and modern…
Bawa Boya, Théodora A. Ahoyo, Victorien T. Dougnon, Haziz Sina, Odilon Nonfodji, Wassiyath Moussé, Adolphe Adjanohoun, Lamine Baba-Moussa
Cholera is reemerging as an infectious disease with an increase in its overall incidence in Africa since 2008. To analyze the epidemiological aspects of the cholera outbreak in endemic areas in Benin, the study is a retrospective investigation on 2560 data of…
Raquel de Oliveira Marreiro, Maria Fulgência Costa Lima Bandeira, Carina Toda, Fábio Correia Sampaio, Tatiane Pereira de Souza, Gisely Naura Venâncio, Wanderleia Monteiro de Souza, Nikeila Chacon de Oliveira Conde
This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of the extract of Libidibia ferrea L. (228.022-INPA) and a mouthwash formulation against microorganisms of the dental biofilm. The extract of Libidibia ferrea L. was prepared and formulated with an alcoh…
Chinenye U. Ezebialu, Ikechukwu B. Awuribeh, Ebere M. Eze, Chigoziri T. Ogu, Uchechukwu G. Nwankwo, Ruth Asikiya Afunwa
This study was designed to screen and characterize antibiotic producing bacteria and fungi from soil samples from a waste dump site in Enugu. The molecular characterization of the isolates was performed by using Zymo Research Quick-DNA fungi/bacteria miniprep…
Akash Ahmed, Ishrat Binte Aftab, Tonima Fairooz Mouly, Sinthia Kabir Mumu, Abu Syed Md. Mosaddek, Mahboob Hossain
Pneumonia is the single largest infectious cause of death in children worldwide and also a form of an acute respiratory infection that affects the lung. The purpose of the study was to develop a new approach to treat antibiotic-resistant K. pneumoniae infecti…
Tayane de Cássia Dias Mendes-Silva, Rosileide Fontenele da Silva Andrade, Marcio Akio Ootani, Paulo Vitor Dias Mendes, Rafael Artur de Queiroz Cavalcanti de Sá, Milena Roberta Freire da Silva, Karolayne Silva Souza, Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia, Márcia Vanusa da Silva, Maria Betânia Melo de Oliveira
C arotenoids are isoprenoid pigments used in food, chemical, text ile, pharma ceutical, and cosmetic industries. They act not only as dyes and provitamins A but also have antioxidants, photoprotective, anti microbial properties, among others. This class of pi…
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Advances in Microbiology (AIM) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in Microbiology. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of Microbiology. Al… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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