Microbial Assessment of Female Covered and Open Shoes in University Of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

Abstract: Microbial assessments of female open and covered shoes in University of Agriculture Makurdi were investigated to ascertain microbial loads. A total of thirty (30) open and close shoes sample were swabbed and cultured on blood agar and nutrient agar for both bacteria and fungi. Three bacteria were identified namely Stapylococcus aureus, Streptococci spp, Baccilus spp and Psuedomonas spp, four fungi were also identified namely Aspergillus spp, Penicillium spp, Mucor spp and Yeast cell. Staphylococcus aureus tend to dominate both in open and covered shoes among bacteria with frequency of 28 and percentage of 49.1 and the least among the bacteria was Streptococci spp with frequency of 7 and percentage of 12.2 on this research study, bacteria is more dominant in open shoes than close shoes while on fungi Aspergillus spp appears more frequently with occurrence of 15 and percentage of 57.6 and Penicillium spp appears as the least among fungi with frequency of 2 and percentage of 7.6, Mucor spp occurred with frequency of 6 and percentage of 23.0 while Yeast cell occurred with frequency of 3 and percentage of 11.5. Fungi tend to be more dominant in covered shoes than open shoes. Based on the findings of this study, shoes especially covered shoes should be air dried and disinfectant wipes can also be used to avoid infections from these organisms. Keywords: Microbial, Female, Open shoes, Covered shoes. Title: Microbial Assessment of Female Covered and Open Shoes in University Of Agriculture, Makurdi.Benue State.Nigeria Author: ABU, V.A., GBERIKON, G.M, AGBULU, C.O International Journal of Life Sciences Research ISSN 2348-3148 (online) Journals

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