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...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2020/v30i830256
Aims: To identify the parameters that get affected when brake fluids biodeteriorate and also to make known that brake fluids biodeteriorates into novel compounds. To also identify the organisms that deteriorates brake fluids most. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microb...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16557
Aim: This study investigated the production of biosurfactant from bacteria isolated from hydrocarbon-polluted and pristine soils within Ogoniland in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Methods: Baseline physicochemical parameters of the soil (total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH), the...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26294
Aim: This study investigated effects of nitrogen and carbon sources on the production of biosurfactant by a hydrocarbon-utilizing bacterium, Stenotrophomonas sp. Methodology: The hydrocarbon-utilizing bacterium was isolated with Bushnell Haas (BH) broth using enrichment method. B...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v29i530177