Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of inorganic nutrient sources in crude oil degradation. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at Environmental Microbiology Department, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, between January and June 2015. Methodology: Hydrocarbon pol...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26027
Aim: Bacterial growth and petroleum hydrocarbon degradation kinetics was studied under controlled laboratory conditions, to determine and numerically simulate the fate of hydrocarbon pollutants. Study Design: A 35-day study was setup to investigate crude oil degradation and bacte...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/25956
Aims: To isolate, characterize and identify surfactant degrading bacteria from selected rivers in Akure, Nigeria and also to compare and quantify the biodegrading potentials of each of the bacterial isolates. Place and Duration of Study: Akure...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23198
In this study two bacterial strains Bacillus thuringiensis (Cr-S1) and Bacillus pumilus (Cr-S2) were isolated on Cr+6 enriched nutrient agar plates at the concentration of 100 µg/ml. Minimum inhibitory concentration of chromium for Cr-S1 was 500 µg/ml while for Cr-S2 was 400 µg/m...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22909
The study was carried out to identify bacteria associated with crude oil polluted water collected from the Fish pond, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State Nigeria. The water samples were aseptically collected into several cap...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/17800
A study of the rate of crude oil remediation in soils with the application of surfactants and hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial population was undertaken. Locally sourced particulate surfactants (wood and palm bunch ashes) were compared with synthetic surfactant, Tween 80, and found...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/6196
Water samples were collected from twelve locations along the Ethiope River, Delta State, Nigeria to determine the petroleum degrading potentials of bacterial isolates and their x-ray mutants using standard methods. Bacteria isolated were Bacillus sp, Klesiella sp, Escherichia sp,...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/8111
The term “bioremediation” refers to the process by which toxic contaminants such as xenobiotics are reduced into non-toxic by-products (carbon dioxide and water or organic acids and methane) with the help of biological agents. Most of the organisms’ especially human beings are co...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/9914
Aims: Use of Pleurotus ostreatus as a veritable tool in the bioremediation of empty fruit bunches, pulp and paper wastes from respective industries. Place and Duration of Study: Samples of pure culture Pleurotus ostreatus was obtained from National Roots Crops Research Institu...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7943
Effluent samples from an electroplating industry located at Madurai, India were collected and analysed for chosen physico-chemical parameters. Among the heavy metals tested, zinc exhibited highest level with 739 ppm with a pH of 4.83. The bacterial strain isolated from the efflue...
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...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2012/1565