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Evaluation of prokaryotic diversity of five hot springs in Eritrea
(BioMed Central, 2017-09)
Background: Total community rDNA was used to determine the diversity of bacteria and archaea from water, wet
sediment and microbial mats samples of hot springs in the Eastern lowlands of Eritrea. The temperatures of ...
Yeast Extract Peptone Based Co-cultivation Media Promotes Transient GUS Expression in Tropical Maize Genotypes
(2017)
Background and Objective: Tropical maize is the most cultivated crop in sub-Saharan Africa and is a staple food to over 220 million
people. This study, evaluated the competence of four tropical maize (Zea mays L.) inbred ...
Genetic Improvement of African Maize towards Drought Tolerance: A Review
(IISTE, 2016)
Africa supports a population of over 1 billion people with over half of them depending on maize for food and
feed either directly or indirectly. Maize in Africa is affected by many stresses, both biotic and abiotic ...
Isolation and characterization of some gut microbial symbionts from fungus-cultivating termites (Macrotermes and Odontotermes spp.)
(2016-07)
Microbiota of termites is crucial for nitrogen cycle activities and degradation of recalcitrant components
of plant biomass that influence soil structure and carbon mineralization in tropical and subtropical
regions. The ...
Potential human pathogenic bacteria in five hot springs in Eritrea revealed by next generation sequencing
(PLOS ONE, 2018-03)
Human pathogens can survive and grow in hot springs. For water quality assessment,
Escherichia coli or Enterococci are the main thermotolerant enteric bacteria commonly used
to estimate the load of pathogenic bacteria ...
Drought Response in Selected Tropical Inbred Maize Lines and Relative Expression of PARP2 Gene under Limited Water Conditions
(Science Publishing Group, 2018-04)
Drought is the leading single factor that limits maize production thus inhibiting the crops genetic potential. In
response to drought, maize and other plants synthesize Poly ADP-Ribose (PAR) protein. This process is ...
Thermotolerant bacteria of biotechnological potential from hot springs in Eritrea
(2018-06)
Thermophiles are excellent sources of enzymes that can withstand and carry out reactions efficiently
under high temperatures. This study isolated and characterised thermotolerant bacteria that produce
enzymes of potential ...
Isolation and characterization of actinobacteria from Lake Magadi, Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2013-08-09)
Actinobacteria are ubiquitous and have been detected in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Although, various studies have focused on the ecology of this phylum, data on the ecology of actinobacteria endemic to soda lakes ...
Effectiveness of antituberculosis treatment among patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy at Vihiga District Hospital in 2007
(2010)
PURPOSE:
In Kenya there is need for proper co-ordination of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and tuberculosis (TB) treatment as most (60%) of the TB patients are also human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive. This study ...
Isolation, characterization and identification of Diazinon degrading bacteria from the soil and gut of macrotermes
(2013)
Diazinon degrading bacteria were isolated from the soil and gut of fungus cultivating termites Macrotermes michaelseni using MM7 media supplemented with pesticide as the sole source of carbon and energy. The isolates were ...