Victor Ezebuiro

Effects of Nitrogen and Carbon Sources on Biosurfactant Production by Hydrocarbon-utilizing Stenotrophomonas sp.

Victor Ezebuiro, Ipeghan Jonathan Otaraku, Boma Oruwari & Gideon Chijioke Okpokwasili · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2019

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2019/v29i530177

Compliance Monitoring of Microbiological and Physicochemical Parameters of Abattoirs’ Effluents Discharged into Water Bodies in Owerri, Nigeria

Constance O. Egesi, Victor Ezebuiro, Anthony C. Ekeleme & Charles E. Obiukwu · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2019

Aims: To assess the quality of abattoir effluents discharged into water bodies in Owerri Municipal, Nigeria using microbiological and physicochemical approaches. Study Design:  The study employed microbiological and physicochemical parameters to determine effluent and water quali...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i630147

Broad-range pH/Temperature-stable Cellulase from a Novel Hydrocarbon Contaminated Mangrove soil Bacterium, Bacillus licheniformis VVA21

Victoria Ginika Awari, Abiye Anthony Ibiene, Caroline Nchedo Ariole & Victor Ezebuiro · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2018

Aim: This study reports the production of cellulase by Bacillus licheniformis VVA21 isolated from hydrocarbon contaminated Kegbara-Dere mangrove in Ogoniland, Nigeria. Methodology: Baseline physicochemical characteristics of the hydrocarbon contaminated soil were established. Twe...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2018/41940