The comparative study of poultry wastes- and HBB5 biosurfactant-mediated polyaromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation in sediment polluted with crude oil were investigated. The experiments were carried out for a period of 28 days by monitoring pH, nitrate, phosphate, polycyclic aromat...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2022/v32i111353
Heavy crude oil spillage on soil threatens productivity and affects the natural biota of the ecosystem. Evaporation is an important parameter increases crude oil density, viscosity and fraction of lower molecular weight substances which reduce its infiltration into the soil and g...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2021/v16i430259
Photooxidation was an important weathering process for spilled oil at the on tropical soil following a heavy crude oil spill, leading to the rapid formation of polar or oxygenated hydrocarbons, little is known photo-oxidation of hydrocarbons in soils. This study described the eff...
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Research Article10.9734/jalsi/2021/v24i630240
Biodegradation of benzene toluene ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX) is a slow and complex process. However, many microbial organisms have been shown to possess the capacity to biodegrade various components of a hydrocarbon. This study was aimed at investigating the role of biosurfa...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2021/v21i730364
The biogas production potential of the co-digestion of plantain (Musa parasidiaca) peels, yam (Discorea rotundata) peels and cow (Bos primigenius) dung was investigated. Two waste combinations of plantain peels with cow dung (A) and yam peels with cow dung (B) were used for the b...
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