Ethical issues arise when arable agricultural land and heavy agronomic inputs are used to cultivate crops for energy production such as biodiesel. Alternative feedstocks for biodiesel production might solve the food energy competition scenario. White raffia larvae (Rhynchophorus...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i830173
This study evaluated the efficacy of activated carbon from rice husk, corn cob and coconut husk wastes in the reduction of microbial properties of grey water samples harvested from students’ hostels. Microscopic characterization, enumerations and identification of microbial isola...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i830171
Oil extraction operations as well as equipment failure and infrastructure vandalism have caused serious environmental pollution with crude oil spills world-wide. The remediation of the polluted sites is an environmental problem beckoning for solution. In this study, the possibili...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i830170
The liquid-liquid extraction of Petroleum contaminated surface water samples were conducted in accordance with standard procedure of US EPA. Identification and quantification of TPHs was performed by Gas chromatograph with Mass spectrometric detection (GC/MSD) in accordance with...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i830169
Background: Antibiotic resistance has remained a global concern. Food pathogens that carry resistance genes will cause public health threat irrespective of their pathogenicity, as this pool of resistance genes are disseminated via food chain. The antibiotic susceptibility of E. c...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i730168
The impact of Lactobacillus plantarum 1KMT on the survival rate, growth performance, innate immunity and disease resistance of Oreochromis niloticus challenged with pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus 1T1 was investigated. This study was conducted in the Fisheries Department of Na...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i730167
Oil/lipid was extracted from a primary sewage sludge by soxhlet extraction using n-hexane as the solvent. The extracted oil was then converted to biodiesel using transesterification process. The physicochemical properties of the oil/lipids and biodiesel were then determined and c...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i730165
The persistent resistance of micro-organisms necessitates the need to intensify studies on the use of possible strategies for proper control of pathogens using extracts from natural products. The stem bark of Lannea acida was extracted by two methods of extraction: Cold and Soxhl...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i730166
Aims: The health risk assessment of some toxic metals in groundwater in four selected towns of Delta State, Nigeria was confirmed by this study. Methodology: Ninety six groundwater samples were obtained from sixty four hand-dug wells and thirty two boreholes between December 2016...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i730164
The Lipid/oil was extracted from reduced dried primary sewage sludge particle using soxhlet extraction method with Hexane and Ethyl Acetate in the ratio 2:1 as the extracting solvent. The extracted oil gave 15.03% percentage yield with density of 0.845 g/ml, pH value of 8.97, spe...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i630163
Assessment influences various concentrations of ZnO-Nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) on Chenopodium quinoa Willd. Micro-propagation by cotyledonary nodes explants was achieved. We used different concentrations of ZnO-NPs (0.2, 2, 10, 20 mg/l) and used the medium free from ZnO-NPs as contr...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i630162
This study aimed at determining the phytochemical constituents and antimicrobial efficacy of Enantia chlorantha on multidrug resistance microorganisms.And also to study the interaction of plant secondary metabolite (phytochemicals) from Enantia chlorantha with three proteins. Ant...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i630161
Drinking water samples were collected from boreholes in six locations in Ughelli and environs in Delta State of Nigeria and were treated by filtration through a substrate colonized with mycelium of Pleurotus tuber-regium. Water samples were analysed for pH, heavy metal concentrat...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i630160
The phytoremediation of heavy metals (cadmium, chromium, copper and lead) using Phaseolus vulgaris and Arachis hypogaea were investigated using standard techniques. Heavy metal polluted soil samples were collected from Crush Rock Industries Ishiagu, Ebonyi State and heavy metal f...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i630159
The effect of seasonal changes on heavy metals concentration in three commonly edible fruits in Enugu State was analyzed. Banana, pineapple and watermelon samples were collected during three rainy season months (June, July and August) from three markets in the three districts of...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2020/v23i530158