Medicinal plants are in nature and are cultivated worldwide and also commercially. This study was aimed at assessing the protective potential of leaf extracts of Annona senegalensis against selected fungal pathogens of sorghum seeds. Before the use of the seeds, they were checked...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2017/29753
Nutrient enrichment of aquatic ecosystem can lead to increase in algae and aquatic plants and the loss of component species and ecosystem function. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of temperature and pH to nutrient uptake from nutrient media by immobilize...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/29116
This investigation was aimed at ascertaining the effects of pH, effect of temperature and effect of sodium acetate concentration on crystal violet decolouration by immobilized and free cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a nutrient. The immobilized cells were immobilized sodium al...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/29120
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of initial external carbon source concentration on sulphate removal by four bacterial and four fungal isolates under shake flask conditions. The test wastewater was filtered and supplemented with sodium acetate as the external car...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2014/10664
Aim: The aim of this study was to ascertain the effect of temperature on nutrient uptake ability of four bacterial species. Methodology: A total of four bacterial species (Klebsiella sp., Pseudomonas sp., Lysinibacillus sp. and Staphylococcus sp.) were used for the study. The med...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/6407
The aim of this study was to ascertain the efficiency of selected bacteria (Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, Klebsiella and Lysinibacillus species) and fungi (Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium and Absidia species) in the removal of phosphate and sulphate compounds from...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2014/10897
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of temperature on sulphate removal from wastewater by selected bacterial (Pseudomonas spp., Klebsiella spp., Staphylococcus spp. and Lysinibacillus spp.) and fungal (Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium spp. and Absid...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/10677
Aims: This study investigate the role of four fungi species in the removal of phosphate and nitrate in a low nutrient synthetic wastewater. Also investigated was the effect of initial inoculum size on the nutrient removal ability of the strains. Materials and Methods: The fungal...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/6406