Dr. Kingsley C Anukam is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Benin, Nigeria. He is currently the Research Unit Leader of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)in UNIBEN. He recently completed a two-year Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship training in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Western Ontario and a Research Fellow, Canadian Research & Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada. Before now in April 2006, he had an academic appointment in a private university-Benson Idahosa University (BIU), Benin City, Nigeria as Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Basic & Applied sciences. He got his first degree (B.MLS) in Medical Laboratory Sciences (Medical Microbiology and parasitology)with Second Class Upper division from the famous University of Calabar, Nigeria. In addition he got two masters degrees from the University of Benin, Nigeria (M.Sc.-Pharmaceutical Microbiology-Antimicrobial agents and Chemotherapy;& MHPM-Health planning and Management) and finally a terminal Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Pharmaceutical Microbiology, from the University of Benin, Nigeria,(2001-2005)/Lawson Health Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada (2004). His research interests are in antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, probiotics, clinical trials and laboratory diagnostics. While most clinical microbiologists in Nigeria focus their research efforts only on pathogens and they go after them with antibiotics, they pay little or no attention to the normal microbiota of the vagina and gastrointestinal tract. Dr. Kingsley Anukam focused his research efforts on bacterial organisms that make people healthy. He is one of the few acclaimed probiotic research scientists from Africa. Dr. Anukam has over 30 peer-reviewed research publications in both national and international journals. He has three boys ( Gregor Chibuike, David Akachukwu and Andrew Uzoma).
Articles
In vitro evaluation of the viability of vaginal cells (VK2/E6E7) and probiotic Lactobacillus species in lemon juice (with Gregor Reid), Sexual Health (2009)
Background: Women, especially in developing countries, most often bear the brunt of HIV infections. Thecontinued...
Analysis of Vaginal Lactobacilli from Healthy and Infected Brazilian Women (with Rafael C.R. Martinez, Sı´lvio A. Franceschini, Maristela C. Patta, Silvana M. Quintana, Alvaro C. Nunes, Joa˜o L.S. Moreira, and Gregor Reid), APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (2008)
Culture-dependent PCR-amplified rRNA gene restriction analysis and culture-independent (PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis) methodologies were used...
Effect of bacterial vaginosis, Lactobacillus and Premarin estrogen (with Adam Dahn, Sheri Saunders, Jo-Anne Hammond, David Carter, Pirkka Kirjavainen, and Gregor Reid), Microbes and Infection (2008)
The aim of the study was to investigate gene expression profiles of post-menopausal women receiving...
Effects of metronidazole on growth of Gardnerella vaginalis ATCC 14018, probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 and vaginal isolate Lactobacillus plantarum KCA (with Gregor Reid), Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease (2008)
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a condition whose prevalence has been reported at 29% and whose...
Probiotic products in Canada with clinical evidence: What can gastroenterologist recommend? (with Gregor Reid and Tara E. Koyama), Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (2008)
Probiotics, defined as 'live microorganisms, which when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit...
Contributions to Books
Reducing Urogenital Infections including HIV/AIDS in Africa; can probiotics be a viable paradigm? (with Bassey E. Bassey and Emmanuel O. Osazuwa), Microbes, Viruses and Parasites in AIDS Process (2011)
The use of probiotics defined as “live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts, confer...
Chapter 20:The impact of probiotics on maternal and child health: clinical evidence. (with Gregor Reid), Nutrition and Health: Probiotics in Pediatric Medicine (2009)
Key Points • Alleviating the problems of maternal and child health in countries with large...
Probiotics: 100 years (1907-2007) after Elie Metchnikoff's Observations (with Gregor Reid), Communicating Current Research and Educational Topics and Trends in Applied Microbiology (2008)
Presentations
Probiotic Potential, MicrobeWorld Radio of the American Society for Microbiology (2008)
TODAY ON MICROBEWORLD – LET’S HEAR IT FOR PROBIOTICS. PROBIOTICS ARE MAKING HEADLINES AS STUDIES...