MICROBIOLOGY PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 1. BACTERIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF SOME COMMERCIALLY PREPARED YOGURT RETAILED IN ENUG...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Diary foods provide and ideal food system for the delivery of beneficial bacteria to the human gut. Given the suitable environment that milk and certain dairy products including yoghurt and cheese) provided, it promotes growth and support viability of these cultures. Diary products such as yoghurt contain ‘probiotic” cultures, e.g La...Continue Reading »

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• 2. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PIPEBORNE WATER AND OTHER SOURCES OF WATER FOR HUMAN CON...

  » ABSTRACT Comparative examination of three main sources of water supply in Independence layout Enugu was carried out with a view to determine their levels of contamination of bacteria. The sources of water examined are tap water, well water and stream water. The pour plate method was used to examine the water samples. Bacteria isolated from the water samples include coliform especially Escherichia ...Continue Reading »

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• 3. THE TREATMENT TO PREVENT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Prior to the invention of modern medications, infectious disease were generally incurable, and treatment was limited to treating the symptoms of the disease sexually transmitted diseases has been known for hundred of years, but as we enter a new millennium, age old problems of the infectious disease continue to plague us. Very many have been elimina...Continue Reading »

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• 4. ASSESSMENT OF THE EXISTING DUMPSITES

  » CHAPTER ONE Introduction Background of Study Wastes can be considered, as those materials no longer required by an individual, institution or industry. Wastes are thus regarded as by products or end products of the production and consumption process respectively. Solid waste can be defined as: ‘The useless and unwanted products in the solid state derived from the activities of the society an...Continue Reading »

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• 5. EVALUATION OF THE LEVEL OF VITAMIN C, VITAMIN E AND MALONDIALDEHYDE IN MALE SMOK...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Tobacco smoking is a practice of burning tobacco and inhaling the smoke (consisting of gaseous phases and particles). A more broad definition may include taking tobacco smoke into the mouth, and then releasing it, as is done by some with tobacco pipes and cigars. The practice may have begun as early as 5000 3000 BC (Nagarajet al., 2014).Cigarett...Continue Reading »

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• 6. DETERMINATION OF THE MICROBIAL LOAD ON SPOILT FRUIT JUICE

  » ABSTRACT Fruit juices are very nutritive, invigorating and non alcoholic beverage, which is very well liked throughout the world. Juice may be squeezed directly from fruits or may be extracted by water. These juices can be used in their natural concentrations or in processed form. They are very scrumptious and palatable and they have most of the minerals necessary for growth and development, like ...Continue Reading »

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• 7. BICONTROL POTENTIAL OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS ISOLATED FROM SOIL SAMPLES AGAINST...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Bacillus thuringrensis (Bt) is a well known and widely studied bacterium which is known for its use in pest management. Today it is the most successful commercial xenobiotic with its worldwide application when compared with the chemical pesticides; Bacillus thuringiensis has the advantages of being biologically degradable, selectively active on pests and less likely to cau...Continue Reading »

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• 8. INCIDENCE OF CANDIDIASIS AMONG SINGLES AND MARRIED WOMEN OF DIFFERENT GROUP

  » INTRODUCTION Candida: This is a yeast like fungi several of which cause disease in man about 90% of infection are to candida albicans, which is normally present in mouth, intestine and vaginal it is responsible for the infection in the sites defense mechanisms (carousal 1990) Candida abbacies usually appears as oval yeast like cell that reproduce by budding however in infected areas. Filamentous h...Continue Reading »

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• 9. HEPATO CURATIVE AND ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT OF ETHYL-ACETATE AND N-BUTANOL FRACTIONS ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to study The liver plays an important role in regulating various physiological processes. It is essential in the body for maintenance, performance and regulating homeostatic functions. It is involved with almost all the biochemical pathways for growth, fight against diseases, nutrient supply, energy provision and reproduction. In addition, it aids metabolism of ...Continue Reading »

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• 10. DETERMINATION OF DEGRADINGABILITY OF FUNGI ISOLATED FROM HYDROCARBON POLLUTED SO...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Crude oils are composed of mixtures of paraffin, alicylic and aromatic hydrocarbons. Microbial communities exposed to hydrocarbons become adapted, exhibiting selective enrichment and genetic changes resulting in increased proportions of hydrocarbon degrading bacteria and bacterial plasmids encoding hydrocarbon catabolic genes (Leahy and Colwell, 2004). Adapted microbia...Continue Reading »

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• 11. SOCIO CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF GENOTYPE TESTS AMONG YOUNG POPULATION IN BUNU KAB...

  » Abstract Genetic diseases are more prevalent in developing countries like Nigeria. So, it is paramount to indulge in genotype tests. Premarital genetic screening could help in its prevention. Awareness and acceptance of pre marital genetic screening is not well documented in Bunu Kabba, Kogi State. The aim of this study was to determine the socio cultural implications of genotype tests among young...Continue Reading »

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• 12. ASCARIASIS AMONG CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGE OF 4-15 YEARS (A CASE STUDY OF SCHOOL ...

  » ABSTRACT A project research study on the level of ascariasis in children between 4 15 years of age were carried out in the Schools I, II, III & IV in Ziks Avenue Primary School, Uwani Enugu, Enugu State. A total of 110 feacal samples was collected from the pupils randomly, and microscopically examined using iodine normal saline wet preparation and saturated sodium chloride floatation technique...Continue Reading »

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• 13. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ASH AND MOISTURE CONTENT OF RIPED AND UNRIPED PLANTA...

  » ABSTRACT Plantain (Musa paradisiaca) are edible fruits that grow in tropics and sub tropics regions of Africa. There are many varieties of plantain, they include Musa acminicta, red banana, Musa balbisiana apple bananas and Cavendish banana. But this write up centered on ripe plantain and unriped plantain. As plantain is consumed by almost everybody round the regions of the world. Plantaion which ...Continue Reading »

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• 14. CONSUMERS ACCEPTABILITY AND PHYSICO CHEMICAL QUALITY OF BREAKFAST FROM MALTED SO...

  » ABSTRACT Breakfast cereal was formulated using malted sorghum sorghum Vulgare ksvs, “Acha” Digitare exilis flour and cassava, manihot esculenta, T.M.S 4 (2) 1425 strach. The formula was composed of 90g sorghum and “Acha” flour, 10g cassava starch using five different sample ratios; sample A1, (70,20:10), sample B1 (60:30:10), sample C1 (50:40:10), sample D1 (40:50:10) and s...Continue Reading »

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• 15. EXTRACTION OF CASHEW NUT SEED OIL AND ITS EFFECT ON COLI FORM

  » ABSTRACT Inhibitory effect of cashew (Anacardium occidentale) cotyledon oil was carried out using Escherichia Coli as test organism. The processed and loasted cashew nuts were bought and subjected to oil extraction using the soxhlet method. The extracted oil was absorbed on filter paper discs in varying concentrations and placed on seeded nutrient agar plates. The plates were incubated at 370C for...Continue Reading »

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• 16. EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF SECCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE ISOLATE FROM PALM-WINE...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Vinegar is an alcoholic liquid that has been allowed to allowed to sour. It is primarily use to flavour and preserve foods and ingredient in salad dressing and marinades. Vinegar is also use in a cleaning agent. The word is from the French vin (wine) an aigre (sour) costman et al, 2005). Vinegar is made from the oxidation of ethanol in wine, cider beer, fermented fruit jui...Continue Reading »

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• 17. FERMENTATION PRODUCTION OF CASSAVA FLOUR FOR BAKERY INDUSTRIES

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Cassava Manuhot Exculanta cranty in a prennial woody shrubs with edible root, which grows in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. It is also called yucca, manioc and mandioca. Cassava has the ability to grow on marginal land where cereal and other crops do not grow well. It can tolerate draught and grow in low nutrient soils. Because cassava root can be stored in t...Continue Reading »

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• 18. FOOD IRRATIONAL IN NIGERIA (PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS)

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 WHAT IS IRRADIATION Just a mention of the world irradiation, sparks strong objection, usually based on misunderstanding of the process involved and its effects on foods. Very simply, irradiation is a process of exposing food, either prepackaged or in bulk, to very high energy, invisible light waves called radiation. The process controls the amount of radiation the food...Continue Reading »

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• 19. GASTROENTERITIS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ENUGU METROPOLIS (6-12 YRS)

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Gastroenteritis is a disease condition due to the inflammation of the mucous of the stomach and intestine. Many microorganisms contaminating food and water can cause acute gastroenteritis. In most cases it runs its own course over several (days. However it can be a serious condition if the fluid loss is sever enough to cause dehydration. When food is the source of the path...Continue Reading »

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• 20. IDENTIFICATION OF FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPOILAGE OF SWEET POTATO TUBERS SOLD...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Sweet potatoe (ipomoea batatas l) is root tuber crop belonging to the family convolvulaceae. It is an energy rich carbohydrate food. It thrives very well in moderately warm climates. It requires a growing period of at least four months of warm weather. The crop is grown extensively in Nigeria, especially in northern part. Sweet potatoes are one of the major subsistence cro...Continue Reading »

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