Aims: To assess the source and level of Nickel in selected surface waters and its impact on the community of the Bonaberi industrial zone. Study Design: Cross-sectional study design that involved semi-quantitative and qualitative data collection method. Place and Duration of Stud...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2023/v33i21365
In Cameroon waste disposal by open dumping and landfilling are the most practised options. The siting, operation and after-care of landfills remain a challenging task. In this study we assessed water quality of stream, spring and leachate samples around/from the Mussaka landfill...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i130352
Characterization of heavy metals in 5 Km2 range of dumping yard in relation to soil, water and crop has been studied. The concentration of Cd (4.05 mg/kg) in soil was higher than the permissible limit of WHO (3 mg/kg) and in descending order of metals in soil was found to be Fe&g...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i830216
This aim of this research was to determine the tolerance ability of Bacillus lentus, Bacillus firmus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The soil sample was analysed for it heavy metal content lead was found to be in abundance beyond tolerable limit followed by cupper. Several bacterial...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i230129
Background: Several anthropogenic activities have led to serious health and environmental problems as a result of releasing different contaminants in to the ecosystem including heavy metals. This called for search of possible methods that could be used to ameliorate the environme...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v27i630114
The two heavy metal tolerant bacterial isolates L. fermentum SN_4 and L. rhamnosus SN_6 were identified (isolated from curd samples) which were found to be potentially resistant to Cr6+, Pb2+ and Cd2+ under study. Both the isolates were resistant to simulated gastric juices at pH...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/43480
The study was aimed at investigating the heavy metal tolerance profile among bacteria from auto-mechanic workshop and pristine soil samples. Auto-mechanic workshop and pristine soil environments were randomly sampled within Calabar Metropolis. The research was undertaken within a...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23597
The bacteria and heavy metals contamination of lettuce from two vegetable growing farms irrigated with either stored municipal, stream or polluted drain water were assessed on farm and in the market. A total of 120 irrigated lettuce samples consisting of sixty samples from each f...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17287
Lee Seong Wei, M. T. Mustakim, I. Noor Azlina, A. K. Zulhisyam, M. N. An’amt, Wendy Wee & N. M. Huang·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2015
A total of 300 bacterial isolates of Aeromonas spp. were isolated from diseased Red Hybrid Tilapia, Oreochromis sp. All the bacterial isolates were tested for antibiotic susceptibility against 16 types of antibiotics by using disk diffusion method. The antibiotics tested in this...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/15035
To estimate the effect of aging on the mobility of heavy metals in soil, relationships between mobility of metals in soil and time after contamination were investigated. Copper, nickel and zinc were added as chloride solution to soil sample. Citrus peel as soil amendments was use...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11512
In the present era, due to industrial revolution in the developing country like India, the ground water system has been largely polluted, especially with heavy metals like chromium. The removal of such heavy metals from industrial effluents and from wastewater has become a subjec...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2011/262