O. D. Akan

Bioremediation of Crude Oil Contaminated Soils Using Surfactants and Hydrocarbonoclastic Bacteria

C. A. Etok, O. D. Akan & A. A. Adegoke · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/6196

Production, Characterization and Optimal Performance Studies of Glucose Isomerase by Achromobacter xylosoxidans mck-4 Isolated from Starch Milling Wastes

M. C. Mbagwu, E. J. Egong & O. D. Akan · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2018

Seventy-five (75) bacterial isolates from starch milling wastes in Nsukka, Nigeria were screened for their ability to produce glucose isomerase (GI). The isolate Achromobacter xylosoxidans Mck-4 gave the highest activity of intracellular GI using starch casein agar (SCA) medium s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2018/43139