African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12486

Full Length Research Paper

Characterization and recovery rates of food-indicator microorganisms from home-made oral rehydration solutions in Nigeria

*Adenike A. O. Ogunshe1, Nonye I. Iheanacho1 and Olukayode M. Oduyoye3
1Applied Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Ibadan, IBADAN, Nigeria. 2Virology and Microbiology Unit, Laboratory Technology Training School, University of Ibadan, IBADAN, Nigeria.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 29 July 2005
  •  Published: 18 April 2006

Abstract

From home-made oral rehydration solutions (ORS), the identified bacterial strains from a total of 1880 bacterial isolates (1010 from granulated sugar and 870 from table salt) using the conventional taxonomic tools were Bacillus cereus var.mycoides (0.57%), Bacillus subtilis (2.28%), Citrobacter sp. (1.07%),Clostridium perfringes (14.75%), Enterobacter aerogenes (6.13%),Escherichia coli (7.44%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (10.0%), Morganella morganii (0.78%), Proteus mirabilis (6.74%), P. vulgaris (1.68%),Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4.67%), Salmonella entrica serovar Typhi (3.89%),Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (0.99%), Shigella dysentariae(11.0%), Staphylococcus aureus (11.98%) and Vibrio cholerae (2.57%). The isolated fungal species from the table salt and granulated sugar samples wereAspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus niger, Botryiodiplodiasp., Candida sp. and Scopulariopsis sp. Home-made ORS may serve as a means of transmitting gastroenteritis/diarrhoea and other infectious microbial agents in developing countries like Nigeria

 

Key words: Characterization, food indicator organisms, home-made, oral dehydrationsolutions, recovery rates.

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