A large amount of crude oil is spilled annually into the terrestrial and aquatic environments in Nigeria. This tends to upset the natural equilibrium of the marine environment as a microbial habitat. Thus, there is a need to evaluate the effect of exposure to crude oil on bacteri...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/44567
Tap water samples collected from different halls in Malabor hostel were analyzed for total heterotrophic bacteria count, total and faecal coliform counts using direct plating and membrane filtration methods. Total heterotrophic bacterial counts ranged from 3 to 80 cfu/ml, corresp...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2017/33920
The risk of microbiological and physicochemical contamination of rainwater especially during collection and storage has long been a persistent challenge. This study was carried out to assess the quality of rainwater used within communities in Calabar. Rainwater samples were asept...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2018/44054
One of the emerging environmental challenges today is hydrocarbon pollution arising from activities of petrochemical industries, natural sources of crude oil pollution and other anthropogenic activities. These petroleum products contain harmful, carcinogenic and mutagenic compoun...
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Research Article10.9734/BJI/2018/43957