MICROBIOLOGY PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 121. EFFECT OF FERMENTATION ON NUTRITIONAL AND ANTI-NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION OF PENTAC...

  » CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBACKGROUND OF STUDYFermentation is a form of food preservation that has been used from ancient times. Over the years it became part of the cultural and traditional norm among the indigenous communities in most developing countries especially in Africa. The rural folk have come to prefer fermented over unfermented food because of their pleasant taste, texture and colour. This...Continue Reading »

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• 122. ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITIES OF LEAF EXTRACTS OF AZADIRACHTA INDICA AND TRIDAX PROCUMBE...

  » CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 Background of the StudyYams (Dioscorea spp.) are among the most important staple foods in the world, especially some parts of the tropics and subtropics (Okigbo and Ogbonnaya, 2006). The role played by yam in the food economy in most West African countries cannot be over emphasized. It is one of the most important dietary sources of energy produced within the tropics. Si...Continue Reading »

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• 123. ASSESSMENT OF THE TOXICITY PROFILE OF CRUDE OIL UTILIZING MICROORGANISM IN SEDIM...

  » CHAPTER ONE1.0 IntroductionOil products are continually used as a main source of energy in industry and daily life (Kvenolden and Cooper 2003). Release of hydrocarbons into the environment, whether accidentally or due to anthropogenic activities, is a major cause of water and soil contamination (Holliger et al., 1997). As dependency to oil is increasing, the allied problems are becoming more and m...Continue Reading »

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• 124. SCREENING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIA CAPABLE OF PRODUCING POLYHYDROXYBUTYR...

  » CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION Background of StudyBioplastics are natural polyesters product, produced by a range of microbes, cultured under different nutrient and environmental conditions, the polymers are usually lipid in nature and accumulated as storage materials in liquid granules which enable microbes to survive under stress or harsh conditions and also the number and sizes of the granules, the mo...Continue Reading »

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• 125. THE USE OF BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Breast cancer is now the most common cancer in women and the second leading cause of death in women globally. Breast cancer emerges as the condition where more concerned about. Out of a list of comparable conditions, 56% cited breast cancer as one of the top conditions they feared most. A study of breast cancer awareness in Nigeria should show t...Continue Reading »

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• 126. GENDER ROLE STEREOTYPES AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN NIGERIA’S FOUR...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Generality of people in our contemporary society still believe that only men should be in position of power due to the perception held in common about gender role. Some archaic customs and traditions do not permit women to occupy political offices as a result, women face discrimination, marginalization and negligence in politics (Hillary, 2015). Gen...Continue Reading »

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• 127. RELATIVE EFFECTS OF JIGSAW AND INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING STRATEGIES IN TEACHING TH...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Effective teaching is so crucial to learning that the products of teaching such as knowledge, attitude and skills acquisition are much dependent on the teacher’s effective teaching. Effectiveness of students learning can be enhanced through the appropriate strategy adopted in a learning situation. Effectiveness in teaching biology will bri...Continue Reading »

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• 128. INVESTIGATE THE ANTICONVULSANT AND SEDATIVE EFFECT OF THE METHANOLIC ROOT EXTRAC...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of Study The term “epilepsy” denotes any disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. A seizure is a transient disturbance of cerebral function due to an abnormal paroxysmal neuronal discharge in the brain (Papadakis et al., 2014).The disease affects 1% of the population worldwide, being the second most common neurological disorder after ...Continue Reading »

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• 129. DIETARY MANAGEMENTS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES IN PATIENTS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the StudyFood is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism. It is very vital to human survival. It is basis for averting hunger, satisfying one’s palate and health maintenance of every human being. it is used as a status symbol, making people, emotionally happy and socially content, and constitutes a form of cultural expressi...Continue Reading »

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• 130. EFFECT OF AIR OVEN DRYING PROXIMATE TEMPERATURE COMPOSITION THERMAL PASTING AND ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Yam is an important food in many tropical countries particularly in West Africa, South Asia and Caribbean, where it also has a social and cultural importance for about 300 million people throughout the world (Manuel et al. 2005 ;Ettien et al .2009 ). Total world production of yam had been estimated to be 40 million tonnes per year while Nigeria ...Continue Reading »

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• 131. FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH SACHET AND THEIR SENSITIVITY TO ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Water is an important substance on earth. All plants and animals must have water to survive. If there was no water there would be no life on earth (Wikipedia, 2012). Nevertheless, water is capable of causing illness after being contaminated with pathogens. Sachet water are water packaged in bags which are supposed to be treated before packaging but may become contamina...Continue Reading »

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• 132. BACTERIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SOURCES IN...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study Water is a common chemical entity that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life (Solanki et al., 2012). The qualities of drinking water are powerful environmental determinants of health (WHO, 2010). Water plays an indispensable role in sustenance of life and it is a key pillar of health determinant, since 80% of diseases in developin...Continue Reading »

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• 133. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF SURGICAL WOUND INFECTIONS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Before the mid 19th century, surgical patients commonly developed postoperative “irritative fever” followed by purulent discharge from their incision, overwhelming sepsis and often death. It was not until the late 1860s, after Joseph Lister introduced the principles of antisepsis that postoperative infection morbidity decreased substantially. Among surgical pat...Continue Reading »

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• 134. FEMALE ENTREPRISE DEVELOPMENT (A Case study of graduate women in Nairobi)

  » ABSTRACT In recent years the subject of female entrepreneurship has attracted a lot of attention. The contributions made by female entrepreneurs to economies in terms of creation of new businesses and jobs; consequently spurring economic growth and reduction of levels poverty and unemployment have been recognized as invaluable. Launched in 2008, Vision 2030 is Kenya’s development scheme aime...Continue Reading »

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• 135. EXTRACTION, PARTIAL PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CELLULASE FROM ASPERGIL...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Enzymes are the catalysts of biological processes. Like any other catalyst, an enzyme brings the reaction catalyzed to its equilibrium position more quickly than would occur otherwise. An enzyme cannot bring about a reaction with an unfavourable change in free energy unless that reaction can be coupled to one whose free energy change is more favourable (Nelson and Cox, 200...Continue Reading »

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• 136. EVALUATION OF NUTRITIVE AND NON-NUTRITIVE COMPONENTS AND ANTI-DIABETIC PROPERTIE...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Dietary control is vital in the management of diabetes. Reports from FAO (1998); WHO and FAO (2003) have shown that diets with low saturated fat, cholesterol and glycemic index as well as high contents of soluble fiber, vitamins and minerals are effective in the management of diabetes. Low glycemic foods contain sugars that digest and absorbed s...Continue Reading »

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• 137. EFFECT OF TELFERIA C ON ANTIOXIDANTS AND MALONDIALDEHYDE IN HEART, PLASMA AND BR...

  » ABSTRACT This present study was aimed at investigating the effect of the processing methods (Juice and Shaft) on oxidative stress induced by high sucrose diets on Catalase, Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) and Malondiadehyde (MDA) in the heart, brain and plasma. The juice and shaft extract of Telferia occidentalis (Ugwu) and Vernonia amygdalina (Ewuro) vegetables were processed and were administered alo...Continue Reading »

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• 138. HEPATITIS C VIRUS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Hepatitis C infection is an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV is one of several viruses that can cause hepatitis. ‘Hepatitis’ means inflammation of the liver (Ryan and Ray,2004). It is unrelated to the other common hepatitis viruses (for example, hepatitis A or hepatitis B). HCV is a member of the hepacivirus genus in the fam...Continue Reading »

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• 139. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PIPE BORNE WATER AND OTHER SOURCES OF WATER WITHIN ENUGU...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Following the theory of creation, it is clear that water is as old as man. From time immemorial, man has restored to the use of this unique commodity for domestic and other purposes. Most of our water supplies are from surface water which include: rivers, streams, lakes, oceans and seas and there water bodies are likely to be polluted with domestic and Industrial as well a...Continue Reading »

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• 140. Effect of Different Carbon Sources on the Growth of Antimicrobial Producing Baci...

  » ABSTRACT Effect of different carbon sources on the growth of antimicrobial producing Bacillus species in ogiri egusi sold in Ogbeta, Orie, Artisan, Kenyatta, Enugu State were evaluated using standard microbiological and analytical methods. 12 bacteria were isolated and identified such as Bacillus subtilis,(33.33), Bacillus pumilus (41.66), Bacillus licheniformis (25) were identified based on their...Continue Reading »

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