Antibiotic Resistance Hotspot: Comparative Genomics Reveals Multiple Strains of Multidrug-Resistant in Edible Snails.

The demand for terrestrial snails as a food source is still on the increase globally, yet this has been overlooked in disease epidemiology and the spread of antimicrobial resistance. This study conducted genomic analyses of twenty strains isolated from live edible snails traded in two hubs. The isolates were subjected to MALDI-TOF MS, antimicrobial resistance testing, whole genome sequencing, and analyses for in-depth characterization.

Knowledge about relationship of diets with non-communicable disease and prospects for amelioration by consuming mushrooms in South-East Nigeria.

Knowledge plays a key role in shaping people's attitudes and behaviors to adopt healthy lifestyles, which is important in any program of NCD prevention. There is no data about how much the general public in South-East Nigeria (SE) knows about how their diets may dispose or help them prevent NCDs. This study aims to assess knowledge available on the relationship between NCDs and diets/foods including mushrooms among the general public of SE Nigeria.

Draft Genome Sequence of Citrobacter cronae Awk (Sequence Type 880), Associated with Edible Snails Commercially Available in Awka, Nigeria.

We describe the draft genome sequence and annotation of Citrobacter cronae strain Awk (sequence type 880), recovered from fresh edible snails (Achatina achatina) commercially available in Awka Metropolis, Nigeria. The genome contains 4,629 protein-coding genes, 107 RNA-coding genes, and several antimicrobial resistance genes, including and .

First Report of the Presence of Enterotoxin Gene in Coagulase-negative Staphylococci Recovered from Meat of Snails ().

Introduction: It has been suggested that coagulase-negative staphylococci can serve as reservoirs of virulence genes for other bacteria. This study assessed the presence of such genes in selected isolates recovered from meat of the giant African snail ().

Material And Methods: Virulence genes were detected using a polymerase chain reaction targeting specific primers.

Genome Sequence of OXA-726-Encoding Aeromonas dhakensis Igbk (Sequence Type 1171) from an Edible Snail Traded in Nigeria.

Aeromonas dhakensis is the most virulent species pathogenic to both animals and humans. The degree of its risk to health seems masked by misidentifications. We present the genome sequence of A.

Conversion of cassava wastes for biofertilizer production using phosphate solubilizing fungi.

Two fungi characterized as Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus niger, isolated from decaying cassava peels were used to convert cassava wastes by the semi-solid fermentation technique to phosphate biofertilizer. The isolates solubilized Ca(3)(PO(4))(2), AlPO(4) and FePO(4) in liquid Pikovskaya medium, a process that was accompanied by acid production. Medium for the SSF fermentation was composed of 1% raw cassava starch and 3% poultry droppings as nutrients and 96% ground (0.

Improvement of organoleptic quality of retted cassava products by alkali pretreatment of roots and addition of sodium nitrate during retting.

Alkali pretreatment of cassava roots before retting and addition of sodium nitrate during retting were used to manipulate the metabolism of microorganisms involved in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) retting, as a method for removing the characteristic offensive odour of retted cassava products. Odour was assessed by organoleptic methods. The characteristics of fermentation of cassava by the traditional method (control) were as follows; aerobic mesophilic count (APC) on nutrient agar (NA) at 30 degrees C/48 h, attained a maximum of 2.