Abdullahi Rakiya, Haruna Ali Kellu, A. O. Oyekemi, A. A. G. Benisheikh
Background and Objective: Aspergillus is an important genus of filamentous fungus distributed worldwide with great important uses in agriculture, the environment, food industries and human health. Despite the economic importance, there is no research work reported on Aspergillus in soil from the study area. This present work was carried out to isolate and identify the various species of Aspergillus and their diversity in some cultivated soils. Materials and Methods: Representative soil samples were collected from six cultivated soils at 0-15 cm soil depth viz; vegetable crops (onion and tomato); cereal intercropped with legumes (millet/cowpea and millet/groundnut) and orchard (mango and cashew) from the Faculty of Agriculture Teaching and Research Farm and farms around the campus. Each sampled soil was analyzed for physicochemical properties and isolation of Aspergillus using the dilution plating method. The isolates were counted and identified at the species level based on morphological characteristics. Descriptive statistic was used to analyzed data and results presented in percentage. Results: Five isolates were identified; Aspergillus niger , Aspergillus flavus , Aspergillus glaucus , Aspergillus versicolor and Aspergillus ustus . Variation in species abundance amongst the sites was observed. Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus versicolor were common species to all the fields and thus recorded a total percent abundance of (30, 28 and 21%). Aspergillus glaucus and Aspergillus ustus had 12 and 9%, respectively and failed to appear in tomato fields. Conclusion: The results obtained indicated the presence of Aspergillus from the studied area. The highest number of Aspergillus colonies were recorded under orchards followed by cereal intercropped with legumes while vegetable crop fields recorded the least colony counts
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Kelechi Oleru, Afolake Olanbiwoni, J. Olayiwola, B. Popoola
{"title":"Potential Antimicrobial Substances from the Characterized Bioactive Compounds Extracted from Secondary Metabolites of Aspergillus terreus","authors":"Kelechi Oleru, Afolake Olanbiwoni, J. Olayiwola, B. Popoola","doi":"10.3923/JM.2021.8.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/JM.2021.8.18","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20888,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Microbiology","volume":"174 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79635152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantitation of mecA and sea genes on Staphylococcus aureus using Quantitative PCR Assay","authors":"S. Ojo, F. Esumeh, G. T. Sunmonu","doi":"10.3923/JM.2021.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/JM.2021.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20888,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Microbiology","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87214395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antibiofilm Activities of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) on E. coli O157:H7 Isolates from Powdered Milk in Ibadan, Nigeria","authors":"M. Adedeji, Victoria O. Adetunj","doi":"10.3923/jm.2020.90.97","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/jm.2020.90.97","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20888,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Microbiology","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75019373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Toualy Serge Ouin, J. Panoff, S. Gente, D. Garon, J. Rioult, Tia Jean Gonnety, Marina Kouss eacu
{"title":"Cropping Practices and Fungal Contamination in Banana Plantations in Côte d’Ivoire","authors":"Toualy Serge Ouin, J. Panoff, S. Gente, D. Garon, J. Rioult, Tia Jean Gonnety, Marina Kouss eacu","doi":"10.3923/jm.2020.98.108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/jm.2020.98.108","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20888,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Microbiology","volume":"41 1","pages":"98-108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77122654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phenotypic Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Salmonella from Local and Exotic Chicken in Maiduguri, Nigeria","authors":"Jasini Athanda Mu, B. John, Auwalu Mohammed","doi":"10.3923/jm.2020.77.81","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/jm.2020.77.81","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20888,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Microbiology","volume":"23 1","pages":"77-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91177922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O MichaelBamitale, Angel Onyedikach, Ayodeji Olusola Aw, Edwin Andrew Ofu
{"title":"Microbial Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles by Lactococcus lactis TNM-B1 and its Antimicrobial Properties","authors":"O MichaelBamitale, Angel Onyedikach, Ayodeji Olusola Aw, Edwin Andrew Ofu","doi":"10.3923/jm.2020.68.76","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/jm.2020.68.76","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20888,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Microbiology","volume":"21 1","pages":"68-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83225906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nedie Patience Akani, C. Nwankwo, P. N. Barika, O. Amadi
{"title":"Physicochemical and Mycological Examination of Groundwater (Well Water) in Rumuosi Community, Rivers State, Nigeria","authors":"Nedie Patience Akani, C. Nwankwo, P. N. Barika, O. Amadi","doi":"10.3923/jm.2020.82.89","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/jm.2020.82.89","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20888,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Microbiology","volume":"3 1","pages":"82-89"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82017358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Oke Kingsley Oyediran, K AseriGajender, Jain Neelam
{"title":"Phytohormone Biosynthesis by Indigenous Rhizobacteria of Vegetable Crops in a Semi-arid Agro-environment","authors":"Oke Kingsley Oyediran, K AseriGajender, Jain Neelam","doi":"10.3923/jm.2020.61.67","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/jm.2020.61.67","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20888,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Microbiology","volume":"108 1","pages":"61-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87585297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antimicrobial Activity of Moringa concanensis Flower Against Human Pathogens and its Cytotoxic Effects on HepG2 Cell Line","authors":"Sivakumar Duraikannu, M. Rengasamy, V. Periyannan","doi":"10.3923/jm.2020.51.60","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/jm.2020.51.60","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20888,"journal":{"name":"Research Journal of Microbiology","volume":"7 1","pages":"51-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89364729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}