The study was carried out by artificially polluting an agricultural soil in Calabar with varying concentrations (0 ml, 250 ml, 500 ml, 1000 ml and 2000 ml) of rubber effluent, in which 0 ml served as control, with the aim of assessing their effect on soil microflora and fertility...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2017/35292
Aims: This research was carried out with the sole aim of screening for mycotoxins and identifying the major bioactive molecules in two varieties of mould infested Vigna subterranea. Place and Duration of Study: Department of microbiology, University of Calabar, Cross River State...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/24948
In the present study, an agricultural soil artificially amended with different concentrations of palm oil mill effluent was analysed to determine its impact on the soil microflora and other properties such as pH, organic matter, electrical conductivity, and mineral elements. In t...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOB/2017/33015
Aims: This study was carried out with the aim of assessing the post harvest insect and moulds that infest Vigna subterranea. Study Design: The randomized complete block experimental design with three replications for each variety was used to for the assessment of these varieties....
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/24865
This study is aimed at investigating the level of environmental pollution and the potential impacts of municipal solid wastes on public health. The health risk assessment was determined through a survey of the present facilities used for solid waste management in the metropolis....
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/20023
Introduction: Access to potable water is a fundamental human right. However, this is hardly the case in the rural areas of oil producing communities of the Niger Delta. Aim of Study: The primary aim of this study was therefore to evaluate the physicochemical and microbiological q...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i11194
An Overview of Cultural, Molecular and Metagenomic Techniques in Description of Microbial Diversity Traditional microbiology based on the culture of microorganisms has been the mainstay of microbiology for over a century and has contributed immensely to what we now know about the...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37951
Antibiotics resistance genes (ARGs) in environmental samples have been implicated in the clinical spread of resistance to antibiotics. This study was therefore aimed at the metagenomic assessment of ARGs from various environmental samples. Benthic, epipellic, estuary and soil sam...
Hydrocarbonoclastic microorganisms elaborate a number of hydrocarbons utilising genes that enable them to use crude oil hydrocarbons as carbon sources. These genes could either be located on the plasmid or chromosome. The primary aim of this study was, therefore, to isolate hydro...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2018/v1i3786
Introduction: Studies have shown that molecular techniques are better in describing microbial diversity in various ecosystems than cultural techniques. The study was aimed at comparative evaluation of the microbial diversity of benthic and epipellic sediments using cultural and m...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEE/2018/41431