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Human Health Risk Assessment of Crude Oil Polluted Soil, Surface & Groundwater Sources in Emohua, Rivers State, Nigeria

Nnamdi M. Ahiamadu, Ify L. Nwaogazie & Yussuf O. L. Momoh · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2021

This study was carried out to assess the human health risk associated with a crude oil spill site in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State,  Niger Delta. The Total Content and Fraction’s approaches were adopted to assess the human health risk. Total Content approach was ca...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i730435

Bacteriological and Physicochemical Profiles of Soils in Selected Oil-Contaminated Sites in Yorla, Ogoni Land

Onyinyechi Stainless Uzor, Gideon Chijioke Okpokwasili & Ejiro Obakpororo Agbagwa · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2020

Bacteriological and physicochemical properties of oil–polluted sites in Yorla, Ogoniland was studied. Soil samples were collected from three different points and analyzed for bacteriological and physicochemical characterization using standard methods. The total culturable heterot...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2020/v30i830256

Aromatic Hydrocarbons Degradation and Plasmid Profile of Marine Bacterial Isolates Obtained from Petroleum Contaminated Marine Environments of Niger Delta Nigeria

Bright Obidinma Uba · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2019

Aims: To determine the aromatic hydrocarbons degradability and plasmid profile of the marine bacteria isolated from Rivers State contaminated marine environments of Niger Delta. Study Design: Nine treatments and the controls designs were set up in triplicates containing 100 mL of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2019/v27i130087

Growth Profile and Catabolic Pathways Involved in Degradation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Marine Bacteria Isolated from Niger Delta, Nigeria

Bright Obidinma Uba · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2019

Aims: To determine the growth profile and catabolic pathways involved in degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons by marine bacteria isolated from Niger Delta, Nigeria. Study Design: Nine treatments designs were set up in triplicate in 500 mL conical flask containing 100 mL of steril...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2018/v26i530075

Laboratory – Based Bioremediation of Hydrocarbon Polluted Mangrove Swamp Soil in the Niger Delta Using Poultry Wastes

Charles Chibueze Ezekoye, Ebiokpo Rebecca Amakoromo & Abiye Anthony Ibiene · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2017

Aim: To assess the sustainable use of poultry wastes in compost bioremediation and the effects of sterile and non – sterile poultry wastes on the bacterial degradation of petroleum in mangrove soil. Methodology: A laboratory – based study was carried out using sterile and non – s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2017/15153

The Photographic Checklist of the Freshwater Chironomids of the Niger Delta, Nigeria

John Onwuteaka & Michael Uwagbae · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2016

A photographic checklist of the Chirominids under the subfamily Chironominanea from the Niger Delta of Nigeria was compiled using records of specimens collected over a period of thirty years from many field trips. The photographic keys were described to show the cephalothorax wit...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2016/23133

Microsatellite Analysis of Six Populations of Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus from Nigeria

S. A. Nwafili, Ren Guijing & Gao Tian Xiang · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aim: To investigate the patterns and levels of genetic polymorphism and population structures of wild C. nigrodigitatus using the microsatellite DNA in Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: in Nigeria between 2008 and 2009, and Laboratory of Mariculture, Ocean University of China...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2015/9638