Background and Objectives: Increased environmental concerns about synthetic packaging have promoted developments of novel, environmentally-friendly edible films. In the present study, the quality parameters of chicken egg coated with pectin or pectin incorporated cinnamon hydrosol was assessed. Materials and Methods: Egg chicken were coated with pectin and pectin prepared with cinnamon hydroso...

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the levels of biogenic amines (cadaverine, putrescine, tyramine, histamine, spermidine and spermine) by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and the physicochemical (moisture, lipids, proteins, pH, water activity and fixed mineral residue) and microbiological (lactic acid bacteria and aerobic heterotrophic mesophilic bacteria count) ch...

OBJECTIVE To determine the presence and levels of microbes in unexpired pasteurized milk from randomly selected supermarkets in Kingston, Jamaica. METHODS The quantitative study used a stratified random sampling technique in the selection of the 20 representative milk samples from six (6) supermarkets. Microbiological tests such as methylene blue reduction, standard plate count (SPC), colifor...

According to the International Dairy Federation, the quality of raw milks shall be evaluated by the determination of "total" bacterial counts, or standard plate count (SPC); after serial dilution of the milk samples, the SPC is determined on Plate Count Agar (PCA) by the "pour plate" method; the viable bacteria are enumerated after aerobic incubation for 2 or 3 days, at 32 °C or 30°C respectively.

Skin Piercing is becoming rampant among adolescent in our contemporary society without considering its health implication and the risk of pathogenic microorganisms associated with equipment used. Hence, this research carried out to determine bacteria skin piercing their antibiotic susceptibility pattern Port Harcourt metropolis. A total thirty (30) were swab using sterile sticks samples subject...

The total hydrocarbon content removal in nutrient amendment and natural attenuation at day 56 showed percentage removal of 89 and 74, respectively. Total heterotrophic and total hydrocarbon utilizing bacterial count increased progressively in all the treatment options. The nutrient amendment showed greater removal of the hydrocarbon pollutants. The physicochemical analyses at day 56 were within...

Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a growing global concern, threatening human and environmental health, particularly among urban populations. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are thought be “hotspots” for antibiotic dissemination. The conditions of WWTPs, in conjunction with the persistence commonly used antibiotics, may favor selection transfer genes bacterial WWTPs provide an importan...

Heterotrophic nanoplankton flagellates and bacteria were quantified at regular intervals during a month in Limfjorden, Denmark. The number of flagellates averaged about 103 ml-l and ranged from < 2 X 102 to about 3 X 103 ml-l. The composition of this fauna was dominated by choanoflagellates, non-plgmented chrysomonads and bicoecids; other forms are rarer. A substantial part of this fauna is ass...

The occurrence and relative distribution of bacterial flora associated with the gut crab Callinectes amnicola, as well sediment water, from Badagry Epe Lagoons, were investigated. water samples Lagoon had highest total bacteria count 7.5±1.2 x 107 cfug-1, whereas lowest 3.6±0.5 cfug-1. analyzed plate counts C. included heterotrophic bacteria, coliform faecal which greater in than although these...