Journal of
Microbiology and Antimicrobials

  • Abbreviation: J. Microbiol. Antimicrob.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2308
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMA
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 165

Table of Content: September 2013; 5(9)

September 2013

Probiotics and controversies

Probiotics are bacteria with potential health enhancing and curing effects and are generally used for treating various forms of diarrheal diseases. The increasing use of probiotics is getting controversial both in terms of efficacy and potential side effects, as there is no conclusive study on the optimal dose and product formulation of probiotics.   Key words: Probiotics, living microorganisms, bacteria

Author(s): Tahir Hussain

September 2013

Plasmid profile of human Escherichia coli isolated from five major geopolitical zones of Nigeria

  Plasmid exchange between different strains of bacteria of the same species or different strains of different species is a recognized source for the rapid spread of antimicrobial resistance. In this study, 89 human isolates of Escherichia coli from five major geopolitical zones of Nigeriawere isolated and tested against 14 antibiotics by the disk diffusion method. Resistance plasmids were...

Author(s): Chijioke A. Nsofor and Christian U. Iroegbu