Chioma Blaise Chikere

Culture-Independent Analysis of Bacterial Community Composition during Bioremediation of Crude Oil-Polluted Soil

Chioma Blaise Chikere · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2012

Aim: To use cultivation-independent techniques based on DGGE of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene and to evaluate bacterial community composition during bioremediation of crude oil-polluted soil. Study Design: Molecular fingerprints of bacterial populations involved in the active phase...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2012/1565

Isolation, Screening and Identification of Biosurfactant-producing Bacteria from Hydrocarbon-polluted and Pristine Soils within Ogoniland, Nigeria

Ijeoma Vivian Nwaguma, Chioma Blaise Chikere & Gideon Chijioke Okpokwasili · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Aim: This study investigated the production of biosurfactant from bacteria isolated from hydrocarbon-polluted and pristine soils within Ogoniland in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Methods: Baseline physicochemical parameters of the soil (total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH), the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26294