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Home Department of Microbiology Dr. (Mrs) Banjo Omowunmi Abosede

Dr. Banjo Omowunmi Abosede

Lecturer II  (234) 7061942923 banjo.omowunmi@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng

Biography

Dr Banjo started her academic career at the Olabisi Onabanjo University some few years ago. Shes a PhD degree holder from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and her area of specialization is in Environmental Microbiology. She has been and is actively involved in a number of researches and currently focuses on the the contribution of untreated (infectious and hazardous) wastewater to the expansion of antibiotic resistance and other resistance determinants in the environment.

Awards/Fellowship

Course(s) Taught

  • Introduction to Microbiology
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Microbial ecology

Education

Publications

  • Adelowo, O.O., Caucci, S. Banjo, O.A., Nnanna, O.C., Awotipe E.O., Peters, F.B., Fagade, O.E. and Berendonk, T.U (2018). Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria isolated from hospital wastewaters, rivers and aquaculture sources in Nigeria. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25: 2744-2755. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0686-7
  • Olaitan, O.O., Diene, S.M., Kempf, M., Berrazeg, M., Bakour, S., Gupta, S.K. Thongmalayvong, B., Akkhavong, K., Somphavong, S., Paboriboune, P., Chaisiri, K., Komalamisra, C., Adelowo, O.O. Fagade, O.E., Banjo, O.A., Oke, A.J., Adler, A., Assous, M.V., Morand, S., Raoult, D., Rolain, J-M. (2014). Worldwide emergence of colistin resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae from healthy humans and patients in Lao PDR, Thailand, Israel, Nigeria and France owing to inactivation of the PhoP/PhoQ regulator mgrB: an epidemiological and molecular study. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 44: 500-507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.07.020
  • Banjo, O.A., Adelowo, O.O. and Fagade, O.E. (2016). Occurrence of Multiple antibiotic resistance and Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase genes among Escherichia coli from hospitals groundwater samples in Ogun State. Nigerian Journal of Science, 50: 23-32.
  • Banjo, O.A. and Ohue, L.A. (2017). Occurrence of AmpC and Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamases in Salmonella spp from wastewaters and groundwater of three hospitals in Ogun State. African Journal of Science and Nature, 4: 49-55.