O. K. Achi

Bio-preservative Activities of Partially Purified Bacteriocin Extracts of Lactobacillus mindensis TMW and Lactobacillus tucceti CECT 5920 Isolated from Nigerian Fermented Foods

C. N. Obi, O. K. Achi & E. Nwachukwu · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2018

The preservative potentials of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) recovered from some Nigerian traditional fermented foods were assessed by inoculating 0.1 ml aliquots of suitable dilutions of the food samples on De Man Rogosa Sharpe (MRS) agar fortified with 50mg of nystatin. The isolat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2018/44097

Lipase Production by Fungal Isolates Grown in Palm Oil Mill Effluent

P. N. Ibegbulam-Njoku & O. K. Achi · Biotechnology Journal International · 2014

Lipase Production by Fungal Isolates Grown in Palm Oil Mill Effluent Aims: The present work is aimed at determining the optimum conditions of pH, temperature and nitrogen concentration for lipase production by Candida rugosa and Geotrichum candidum in POME.  Methodology: Five mil...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BBJ/2014/12854

Biodegradation of Palm Oil Mill Effluent

P. N Ibegbulam-Njoku & O. K. Achi · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2014

Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the biodegradation capacity of selected indigenous fungal isolates and optimization of their degradation ability using various environmental factors such as pH, incubation temperature, nutrient concentration and inoculums size in red...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2014/12008