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Volume 11, Issue 2 (2024)

ISSN: 3067-2619

DOI Prefix: 10.5281/zenodo.

PHYTOCHEMICAL AND MYCOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF AZANZA GARCKEANA (GORON TULA) FROM NORTHERN NIGERIA

By Samuel Olufemi Ojo

Azanza garckeana (Goron tula), is a tropical fruit that is used as food and medicine in Northern Nigeria: The fruit was obtained from two different markets in Port Harcourt and was taken to the laboratory in Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo...

USE OF LEGUME COOKING WASTEWATERS AS NUTRIENT SOURCES FOR BIOREMEDIATION OF HYDROCARBON POLLUTED SOILS

By Emmanuel J. Abioye

Wastewaters generated from the cooking of foods contain nutrients. Such wastewaters may have the potential to be used as nutrients in bioremediation of hydrocarbon polluted environments. In this study, use of wastewaters generated from the cooking of...

OPTIMIZED NUTRIENT-CHLORAMPHENICOL AGAR MEDIUM FOR SELECTIVE ISOLATION OF PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS

By Emmanuel Chukwudi Nwogu

Commercially available medium for selective isolation of Pseudomonas are relatively expensive. Incorporation of chloramphenicol into nutrient agarhas been used in the selective isolation of Pseudomonasfluorescens. The aim of this study was to apply o...