A. A. Okwelle

Lipolytic Activities of Bacteria Isolated from Oil Palm Fruit Heaps Obtained in Towns of Five Local Government Areas of Rivers State, Nigeria

A. A. Okwelle, T. J. Itari & G. A. Uzah · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2026

Oil palm fruit heap wastes contain various microorganisms with high lipolytic potential and opportunities for biotechnological uses. Although there has been a growing interest in bacterial lipase, very little is known about the types and lipolytic capacities of the bacteria that...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2026/v36i61753

Molecular Characterization and Antibiogram of Selected Pathogens Isolated from Streams and Wells Water Sources in Three Local Government Areas of Rivers State, Nigeria

A. A. Okwelle, J. A. Lennox & B. E. Asikong · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2022

Aims: Reliance on unhealthy water sources such as hand dug wells and streams have led to the occurrence of waterborne diseases such as amoebic dysentery, gastroenteritis, typhoid fever and cholera among several communities in Rivers State. This study tends to identify selected mu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2022/v32i91342

Bacteriological Quality Assessment of Well and Stream Water Sources from Ikwerre, Emohua and Etche Local Government Areas of Rivers State

A. A. Okwelle, B. E. Asikong & J. A. Lennox · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2021

Background: Majority of the human population in semi-urban and urban areas in Nigeria are heavily reliant on well and stream water as the main source of water supply for drinking and domestic use due to the inadequate provision of potable pipe borne water. These groundwater sourc...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2021/v31i830340