Aim: To degrade the crude oil polluted soil with silver particles synthesized by some Gram negative rhizosphere bacteria of cocoa, orange and timber obtained from Idanre, Ondo State, Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: Soil samples were obtained from Idanre, Ondo State while cr...
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Research Article10.9734/aprj/2020/v4i430093
Soil samples (sediments of stream, its bank and abattoir soil) were collected from Onyearugbulem market abattoir, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. Bacteria were isolated from the above soil samples by dilution and pour plate methods. Screening for best bioflocculating bacteria was als...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i530146
Study was carried out to determine the antibacterial activities of Streptomyces from two plantation soils in Akure metropolis against some pathogenic bacteria. Purification of the Streptomyces filtrates was done by column chromatography using chloroform and methanol in the ratio...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30407
Aims: To evaluate the antimicrobial effects of benomyl (a systemic fungicide) on penicillin production and rhizosphere organisms of cowpea plant. Study Design: 3 factor factorial experiment. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2012/1042
This work compares the effect of alum, a conventional flocculant to the bioflocculant isolated from Bacillus subtilis and Moringa oleifera seed powder (non conventional bioflocculants) and chlorine as disinfectant on microbial contaminants in water purification. Bioflocculant was...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v18i330172
Staphylococci are Gram-positive bacteria, with diameters of 0.5 – 1.5 μm and characterised by individual cocci, which divide in more than one plane to form grape-like clusters. They are non-motile, non-spore forming facultative anaerobes that grow by aerobic respiration or by fer...
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Research Article10.9734/JABB/2016/20465
This study reveals the methicillin sensitivity pattern of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. The two species of Staphylococci were isolated from polluted and unpolluted soil and water; anatomical sites such as nose, ear, skin, hand and throat; wastes from dustb...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/19025
Degradation of crude oil by bacteria isolated from three plantations soil at Idanre, Nigeria were comparatively investigated. Soil samples collected by hand trowel at 5cm rhizosphere of Cocoa, Orange, and Teak plantations from Idanre, Ondo State. The crude oil – forcados blend wa...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2021/v7i430112
This study reveals the chitinase producing ability of some fungi isolates cultured from the rhizosphere of different fruit trees such as mango, cassava, guava, and banana inside FUTA farm. A total of 16 isolates identified as Aspergillus nidulans, A. niger, A.flavus, A. fumigatus...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2020/v6i230149