Pub Date : 2022-07-31DOI: 10.54987/jobimb.v10i1.665
K. A. Maiyadi, A. H. Kawo, I. Lawal, A. Y. Fardami
Bioremediation is pollution control technology that uses microorganism to clean up contaminated environment. This study was aimed at assessing the bioremediation potential of bacteria isolated from diesel-contaminated soils and screen them for the ability to remediate diesel contaminated environment using their potential to degrade diesel as carbon and energy source. Diesel-contaminated soil samples were collected using standard method. Bacteria were isolated, characterized and identified using standard microbiological procedures. The identified bacteria species were subsequently screened for diesel biodegradation potential in Bushnell Haas Media (BHM). Optimum conditions (pH, temperature, and diesel concentrations) for biodegradation were determined. The results showed that Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus megaterium were the most potent species identified. Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus megaterium were observed to utilize diesel as the sole carbon source in which they degrade 79% and 80% diesel during the 25 days incubation study respectively. Optimum diesel biodegradation for Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus megaterium were temperatures of between 30 and 35 C, pH between 6 and 7, diesel concentrations between 3% and 2%. The findings of this study demonstrated the species' ability to digest fuel, suggesting their potential utility in the broad-scale bioremediation of diesel-contaminated soils.
{"title":"Studies on the Bioremediation Potential of Bacteria Isolated from Diesel-contaminated Soils in Kano","authors":"K. A. Maiyadi, A. H. Kawo, I. Lawal, A. Y. Fardami","doi":"10.54987/jobimb.v10i1.665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54987/jobimb.v10i1.665","url":null,"abstract":"Bioremediation is pollution control technology that uses microorganism to clean up contaminated environment. This study was aimed at assessing the bioremediation potential of bacteria isolated from diesel-contaminated soils and screen them for the ability to remediate diesel contaminated environment using their potential to degrade diesel as carbon and energy source. Diesel-contaminated soil samples were collected using standard method. Bacteria were isolated, characterized and identified using standard microbiological procedures. The identified bacteria species were subsequently screened for diesel biodegradation potential in Bushnell Haas Media (BHM). Optimum conditions (pH, temperature, and diesel concentrations) for biodegradation were determined. The results showed that Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus megaterium were the most potent species identified. Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus megaterium were observed to utilize diesel as the sole carbon source in which they degrade 79% and 80% diesel during the 25 days incubation study respectively. Optimum diesel biodegradation for Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus megaterium were temperatures of between 30 and 35 C, pH between 6 and 7, diesel concentrations between 3% and 2%. The findings of this study demonstrated the species' ability to digest fuel, suggesting their potential utility in the broad-scale bioremediation of diesel-contaminated soils.","PeriodicalId":15132,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74764050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-31DOI: 10.54987/jobimb.v10i1.718
Munkaila Tirmizhi, A. Faggo, B. Gulumbe
The high rise in the exploration and usage of petroleum products have led to widespread contamination in the environment. Thence, the continuous search for microorganisms with the potential to mineralize these pollutants is necessary. This study was conducted to isolate, identify and determine the diesel degradation potential of bacteria from oil-contaminated soil collected from three filling stations in Azare, Katagum LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria. The diesel degrading bacteria were identified using standard protocols. The isolates were screened spectrophotometrically for their potential to utilize 1% diesel (v/v) as their sole carbon and energy source and the best candidate was used for determining the effect of diesel concentration on its biodegradation. The results revealed the presence of three bacterial species including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida and Bacillus subtilis. P. Putida showed the highest diesel degradation at 120 h with an absorbance of 2.27±0.03 at 600 nm followed by P. aeruginosa (2.23±0.03) and Bacillus subtilis. The best degradation was observed at 1% diesel concentration (v/v) followed by 2% and the least was recorded at 3% with the absorbance of 2.40±0.00, 2.27±0.03 and 2.20±0.00 respectively. The detection of these potential degraders is crucial in the light of the lingering search for efficient hydrocarbon degraders for efficient bioremediation since their degrative capability could be enhanced for deployment in the bioremediation of diesel-contaminated environments.
{"title":"Species of Pseudomonas and Bacillus Isolated from Refined Oil-contaminated Soil Showed the Potential to Efficiently Degrade Diesel","authors":"Munkaila Tirmizhi, A. Faggo, B. Gulumbe","doi":"10.54987/jobimb.v10i1.718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54987/jobimb.v10i1.718","url":null,"abstract":"The high rise in the exploration and usage of petroleum products have led to widespread contamination in the environment. Thence, the continuous search for microorganisms with the potential to mineralize these pollutants is necessary. This study was conducted to isolate, identify and determine the diesel degradation potential of bacteria from oil-contaminated soil collected from three filling stations in Azare, Katagum LGA, Bauchi State, Nigeria. The diesel degrading bacteria were identified using standard protocols. The isolates were screened spectrophotometrically for their potential to utilize 1% diesel (v/v) as their sole carbon and energy source and the best candidate was used for determining the effect of diesel concentration on its biodegradation. The results revealed the presence of three bacterial species including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas putida and Bacillus subtilis. P. Putida showed the highest diesel degradation at 120 h with an absorbance of 2.27±0.03 at 600 nm followed by P. aeruginosa (2.23±0.03) and Bacillus subtilis. The best degradation was observed at 1% diesel concentration (v/v) followed by 2% and the least was recorded at 3% with the absorbance of 2.40±0.00, 2.27±0.03 and 2.20±0.00 respectively. The detection of these potential degraders is crucial in the light of the lingering search for efficient hydrocarbon degraders for efficient bioremediation since their degrative capability could be enhanced for deployment in the bioremediation of diesel-contaminated environments.","PeriodicalId":15132,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87347134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-31DOI: 10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.618
I. Sabo, Salihu Yahuza, Bilal Ibrahim Dan-Iya, Abdussamad Abubakar
Malachite green is extensively used in the textile dye industry and in agriculture as fish pests’ pesticide. Biosorption is a type of sorption technique that uses a biological sorbent. As of now, biosorption is viewed as a simple and cost-effective process that might be used as an alternative to traditional pollution treatment methods. Bioremediation is one of the branches of bioremediation that is used to minimise pollution in the context of incorrect textile waste disposal. The sorption isotherm of Malachite Green onto graphene oxide were analyzed using three models—pseudo-1st, pseudo-2nd and Elovich, and fitted using non-linear regression. The Elovich model was the poorest in fitting the curve based on visual observation and the best was pseudo-2nd order based on statistical analysis such as root-mean-square error (RMSE), adjusted coefficient of determination (adjR2), bias factor (BF), accuracy factor (AF), corrected AICc (Akaike Information Criterion), Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) and Hannan–Quinn information criterion (HQC). Nonlinear regression analysis using the pseudo-2nd order model gave values of equilibrium sorption capacity qe of 6.164 mg/g (95% confidence interval from 5.918 to 6.410) and a value of the pseudo-2nd-order rate constant, k2 of 0.034 (95% confidence interval from 0.024 to 0.045). Further analysis is needed to provide proof for the chemisorption mechanism usually tied to this kinetic.
{"title":"Kinetic Analysis of the Adsorption of Malachite Green onto Graphene Oxide Sheets Integrated with Gold Nanoparticles","authors":"I. Sabo, Salihu Yahuza, Bilal Ibrahim Dan-Iya, Abdussamad Abubakar","doi":"10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.618","url":null,"abstract":"Malachite green is extensively used in the textile dye industry and in agriculture as fish pests’ pesticide. Biosorption is a type of sorption technique that uses a biological sorbent. As of now, biosorption is viewed as a simple and cost-effective process that might be used as an alternative to traditional pollution treatment methods. Bioremediation is one of the branches of bioremediation that is used to minimise pollution in the context of incorrect textile waste disposal. The sorption isotherm of Malachite Green onto graphene oxide were analyzed using three models—pseudo-1st, pseudo-2nd and Elovich, and fitted using non-linear regression. The Elovich model was the poorest in fitting the curve based on visual observation and the best was pseudo-2nd order based on statistical analysis such as root-mean-square error (RMSE), adjusted coefficient of determination (adjR2), bias factor (BF), accuracy factor (AF), corrected AICc (Akaike Information Criterion), Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) and Hannan–Quinn information criterion (HQC). Nonlinear regression analysis using the pseudo-2nd order model gave values of equilibrium sorption capacity qe of 6.164 mg/g (95% confidence interval from 5.918 to 6.410) and a value of the pseudo-2nd-order rate constant, k2 of 0.034 (95% confidence interval from 0.024 to 0.045). Further analysis is needed to provide proof for the chemisorption mechanism usually tied to this kinetic.","PeriodicalId":15132,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81857712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-31DOI: 10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.617
I. Lawal
Nitrogen is a critical component of biological systems and typically serves as a constraint on production in both aquatic and terrestrial environments, although its shortage has been compensated for through the process of biological nitrogen fixation. Nitrogen fixation is a critical microbial activity that utilises nitrogenase enzymes to convert dinitrogen (N2) gas to ammonia (NH3). It is carried out by a diverse spectrum of bacteria known as nitrogen fixing bacteria. These include free-living bacteria such as Azotobacter, Bacillus, Beijerickia, and Clostridium, associative bacteria such as Azospirillum, Enterobacter, and Pseudomonas, and bacteria that form symbiotic associations with legumes such as Rhizobium and actinorrhizal plants such as Frankia. These bacteria contribute significantly to plant growth by producing phytohormones (such as auxins, cytokinins, gibberelins, and indole acetic acid), reducing the incidence of plant diseases through the production of siderophores and cell wall degrading enzymes, and increasing phosphorus nutrition via phosphate solubilization. Additionally, they remove heavy metal ions from solutions through a process called biosorption, which is a feasible, natural, environmentally benign, and economically viable technique of remediating heavy metal-contaminated environments.
{"title":"Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria and Their Application for Heavy Metal Removal: A Mini Review","authors":"I. Lawal","doi":"10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.617","url":null,"abstract":"Nitrogen is a critical component of biological systems and typically serves as a constraint on production in both aquatic and terrestrial environments, although its shortage has been compensated for through the process of biological nitrogen fixation. Nitrogen fixation is a critical microbial activity that utilises nitrogenase enzymes to convert dinitrogen (N2) gas to ammonia (NH3). It is carried out by a diverse spectrum of bacteria known as nitrogen fixing bacteria. These include free-living bacteria such as Azotobacter, Bacillus, Beijerickia, and Clostridium, associative bacteria such as Azospirillum, Enterobacter, and Pseudomonas, and bacteria that form symbiotic associations with legumes such as Rhizobium and actinorrhizal plants such as Frankia. These bacteria contribute significantly to plant growth by producing phytohormones (such as auxins, cytokinins, gibberelins, and indole acetic acid), reducing the incidence of plant diseases through the production of siderophores and cell wall degrading enzymes, and increasing phosphorus nutrition via phosphate solubilization. Additionally, they remove heavy metal ions from solutions through a process called biosorption, which is a feasible, natural, environmentally benign, and economically viable technique of remediating heavy metal-contaminated environments.","PeriodicalId":15132,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84747167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-31DOI: 10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.604
G. Uba, Abdussamad M. Baba
Lindane is an organochlorine chemical and an isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane that has been used both as an agricultural insecticide and as a pharmaceutical treatment for lice and scabies. Lindane accumulates in the agricultural soil and plants thereby causing environmental and health deteriorative effects. A lot of soil remediation methods used are highly expensive and require a lot of expertise. Phytoremediation (rhizofiltration, phytostabilization), which involve the use of the plant to stabilize or remove environmental toxicants is presently much in use because of its cost-effectiveness and ecological friendliness. Adsorption has emerged as the most efficient, easy, and promising nanotechnology method of wastewater treatment out of the several approaches now employed. Recently, biosurfactants are used for the production of nanoparticles which will be further applied in the area of pesticide remediation. The use of phytoremediation is the most important fully green approach as no new chemicals are added to the polluted soil. Other emerging technologies where phytoremediation might not be applicable especially groundwater has begun to evaluate the use of green nanobiotechnology.
{"title":"The Use of Plants, Nanotechnology and Surfactants in Lindane Remediation: A Mini Review","authors":"G. Uba, Abdussamad M. Baba","doi":"10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.604","url":null,"abstract":"Lindane is an organochlorine chemical and an isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane that has been used both as an agricultural insecticide and as a pharmaceutical treatment for lice and scabies. Lindane accumulates in the agricultural soil and plants thereby causing environmental and health deteriorative effects. A lot of soil remediation methods used are highly expensive and require a lot of expertise. Phytoremediation (rhizofiltration, phytostabilization), which involve the use of the plant to stabilize or remove environmental toxicants is presently much in use because of its cost-effectiveness and ecological friendliness. Adsorption has emerged as the most efficient, easy, and promising nanotechnology method of wastewater treatment out of the several approaches now employed. Recently, biosurfactants are used for the production of nanoparticles which will be further applied in the area of pesticide remediation. The use of phytoremediation is the most important fully green approach as no new chemicals are added to the polluted soil. Other emerging technologies where phytoremediation might not be applicable especially groundwater has begun to evaluate the use of green nanobiotechnology.","PeriodicalId":15132,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89359795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-31DOI: 10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.615
G. Uba, A. Yakubu, Abdussamad M. Baba
In the quest for novel bioactive metabolites, which can also be used as therapeutic agents, Adiantum philippense (A. philippense), an ethnomedically important fern, has become a fascinating herb. In this study, the predictive mathematical modelling of A. philippense crude extract was tested against Shigella flexneri, a common food pathogen for its phytochemical constituents, antagonistic ability, and effect on bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation was calculated. Various kinetics models such as Von Bertalanffy, Baranyi-Roberts, modified Schnute, Modified Richards, Modified Gompertz, Modified Logistics and latest Huang were used to get values for the above kinetic constants or parameters. modified Gompertz of the entire model was found to be the best model with the highest adjusted R2 value and lowest RMSE value. The accuracy and bias factors values were close to unity (1.0). The maximum specific growth rate (mmax (h-1) for S. flexneri treatment with A. philippense extract was significantly much lower (p<0.05) with a value of 0.292 (95% confidence interval of 0.254 to 0.331) compared to control with a value of 0.540 (95% confidence interval of 0.481 to 0.599) indicating potential biofilm inhibition.
{"title":"The Effect of the plant Adiantum philippense Extracts on Biofilms Formation and Adhesion to Shigella flexneri: A Predictive Modelling Approach","authors":"G. Uba, A. Yakubu, Abdussamad M. Baba","doi":"10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.615","url":null,"abstract":"In the quest for novel bioactive metabolites, which can also be used as therapeutic agents, Adiantum philippense (A. philippense), an ethnomedically important fern, has become a fascinating herb. In this study, the predictive mathematical modelling of A. philippense crude extract was tested against Shigella flexneri, a common food pathogen for its phytochemical constituents, antagonistic ability, and effect on bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation was calculated. Various kinetics models such as Von Bertalanffy, Baranyi-Roberts, modified Schnute, Modified Richards, Modified Gompertz, Modified Logistics and latest Huang were used to get values for the above kinetic constants or parameters. modified Gompertz of the entire model was found to be the best model with the highest adjusted R2 value and lowest RMSE value. The accuracy and bias factors values were close to unity (1.0). The maximum specific growth rate (mmax (h-1) for S. flexneri treatment with A. philippense extract was significantly much lower (p<0.05) with a value of 0.292 (95% confidence interval of 0.254 to 0.331) compared to control with a value of 0.540 (95% confidence interval of 0.481 to 0.599) indicating potential biofilm inhibition.","PeriodicalId":15132,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology","volume":"177 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79864623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-31DOI: 10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.652
Farah Afiqah Shafiee, Helmi Wasoh, M. Halim, Mohamad Zulfazli Mohd Sobri, A. Hashim
Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) final discharge has a risk to the ecosystem due to various harmful contaminants including organic and inorganic materials. In this study, biological monitoring method was used to evaluate the toxicity effects of POME final discharge using Daphnia magna. The physical and chemical nature of toxicants present in the effluent were characterized through acute Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET), and Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) tests. The Toxicity Unit (TU) and median lethal concentration (LC50) of the POME sample were 11.09 and 9.02% (v/v) respectively. From TIE test, the toxicants present in the effluent can be characterized as filterable and oxidisable through filtration and aeration treatment. The presence of cationic metals, chlorine and disinfection by-products were also determined by the toxicity reduction of the effluent after treatment using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and sodium thiosulphate. From TIE test, the filtration treatment at pH 10 of the POME final discharge was the most effective method in reducing the toxicity of the effluent with a value of TU, 1.16 and LC50, 86.34% (v/v). It is recommended that biological tests using Daphnia magna can be made as potential methods to indicate the effects of POME final discharge to the aquatic ecosystem.
{"title":"Evaluation of Toxicity Effect of Palm Oil Mill Effluent Final Discharge by using Daphnia magna","authors":"Farah Afiqah Shafiee, Helmi Wasoh, M. Halim, Mohamad Zulfazli Mohd Sobri, A. Hashim","doi":"10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.652","url":null,"abstract":"Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) final discharge has a risk to the ecosystem due to various harmful contaminants including organic and inorganic materials. In this study, biological monitoring method was used to evaluate the toxicity effects of POME final discharge using Daphnia magna. The physical and chemical nature of toxicants present in the effluent were characterized through acute Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET), and Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) tests. The Toxicity Unit (TU) and median lethal concentration (LC50) of the POME sample were 11.09 and 9.02% (v/v) respectively. From TIE test, the toxicants present in the effluent can be characterized as filterable and oxidisable through filtration and aeration treatment. The presence of cationic metals, chlorine and disinfection by-products were also determined by the toxicity reduction of the effluent after treatment using ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and sodium thiosulphate. From TIE test, the filtration treatment at pH 10 of the POME final discharge was the most effective method in reducing the toxicity of the effluent with a value of TU, 1.16 and LC50, 86.34% (v/v). It is recommended that biological tests using Daphnia magna can be made as potential methods to indicate the effects of POME final discharge to the aquatic ecosystem.","PeriodicalId":15132,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74081475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-31DOI: 10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.613
Salihu Yahuza, I. Sabo
In this paper, various growth models such as Von Bertalanffy, Huang, Baranyi-Roberts, Modified Gompertz, Buchnam-3-phase, Modified-Richards and Modified-Logistics, were presented in fitting and evaluating the growth of Bacillus cereus wwcp1 on Malachite green dye. The Von Bertalanffy model was found to be the best model with the lowest RMSE and highest R2 values. The Accuracy and Bias factor values were near unity (1.0). The von Bertalanffy parameters such as A (lower asymptote bacterial growth), μ (bacterial growth rate) and k (curve fitting parameter) were found to be 2.757 (95% confidence interval from 2.131 to 3.382 ), 0.287 (95% confidence interval from 0.244 to 0.329) and 4.323 (95% confidence interval from 4.285 to 4.361) respectively.
{"title":"Mathematical Modelling of the Growth of Bacillus cereus Strain wwcp1on Malachite Green Dye","authors":"Salihu Yahuza, I. Sabo","doi":"10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.613","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, various growth models such as Von Bertalanffy, Huang, Baranyi-Roberts, Modified Gompertz, Buchnam-3-phase, Modified-Richards and Modified-Logistics, were presented in fitting and evaluating the growth of Bacillus cereus wwcp1 on Malachite green dye. The Von Bertalanffy model was found to be the best model with the lowest RMSE and highest R2 values. The Accuracy and Bias factor values were near unity (1.0). The von Bertalanffy parameters such as A (lower asymptote bacterial growth), μ (bacterial growth rate) and k (curve fitting parameter) were found to be 2.757 (95% confidence interval from 2.131 to 3.382 ), 0.287 (95% confidence interval from 0.244 to 0.329) and 4.323 (95% confidence interval from 4.285 to 4.361) respectively.","PeriodicalId":15132,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology","volume":"286 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83434014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-31DOI: 10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.616
Favour Barnabas, Suzan Ukpa, U. Obeta, E. Mantu, Suzan Nduke, Zubaidat Muhammed
Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen that causes wide range of infectious diseases both in nosocomial and community settings. The Gram-positive pathogen possess virulence factors that facilitate it to establish infections in the hosts. When a “water for life” is contaminated with infectious bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus then, there may be public health challenge in the area. In this study Samples of Sachet water of different companies ware purchased, marked E, T, C and R and examined for the presence of staphylococcus aureus. Total of 80 sachet waters were examined and a prevalence rate of Staphylococcus aureus 5(25.00%) was recorded. The study revealed that sachet water (E) has the highest prevalence of 15.00%, followed by T (5%) and C (5%) and R had the least prevalence with 0.00%. It was discovered that a Prevalence rate of Abuja market terminus recorded 1(5.00%) while that of Ahmadu Bello way has the highest prevalence of 2(10.00%), Yan Taya market 1(5.00%) and railway 1(5.00%). This shows that S. aureus can be isolated from sachet waters. Though the sachet eaters had NAFDAC numbers, it is advisable to review and quality control such sachet water companies regularly because of Staphylococcus aureus and other public health infectious agants. The populace should equally be careful with the type of waters they drink.
{"title":"Prevalent of Staphylococcus aureus from Sachet Waters Sold in Different Areas of Jos Terminus Market, Nigeria","authors":"Favour Barnabas, Suzan Ukpa, U. Obeta, E. Mantu, Suzan Nduke, Zubaidat Muhammed","doi":"10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.616","url":null,"abstract":"Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen that causes wide range of infectious diseases both in nosocomial and community settings. The Gram-positive pathogen possess virulence factors that facilitate it to establish infections in the hosts. When a “water for life” is contaminated with infectious bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus then, there may be public health challenge in the area. In this study Samples of Sachet water of different companies ware purchased, marked E, T, C and R and examined for the presence of staphylococcus aureus. Total of 80 sachet waters were examined and a prevalence rate of Staphylococcus aureus 5(25.00%) was recorded. The study revealed that sachet water (E) has the highest prevalence of 15.00%, followed by T (5%) and C (5%) and R had the least prevalence with 0.00%. It was discovered that a Prevalence rate of Abuja market terminus recorded 1(5.00%) while that of Ahmadu Bello way has the highest prevalence of 2(10.00%), Yan Taya market 1(5.00%) and railway 1(5.00%). This shows that S. aureus can be isolated from sachet waters. Though the sachet eaters had NAFDAC numbers, it is advisable to review and quality control such sachet water companies regularly because of Staphylococcus aureus and other public health infectious agants. The populace should equally be careful with the type of waters they drink.","PeriodicalId":15132,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73548850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-31DOI: 10.54987/jobimb.v9i2.612
.. Rusnam, N. Gusmanizar
In soil, polyacrylamide is a key source of acrylamide because it slowly decomposes into acrylamide. There has been a modest but steady rise in worldwide interest in microbe-mediated acrylamide decomposition as a bioremediation method. A bacterial consortium isolated from the volcanic soil of Mount Marapi, West Sumatra, Indonesia, was able to thrive on acrylamide in this study. Acrylamide-degrading bacteria grew best in the presence of 1 %(w/v) glucose with acrylamide as the sole nitrogen source. Optimum growth occurs in between 300 and 500 mg/L of acrylamide, pH between 6.5 and 8.0, and temperatures between 30 and 35 °C. The consortium can also grow on acetamide as the sole nitrogen source. Toxic heavy metals, such as mercury, silver and copper slowed down the growth of this consortium on acrylamide. This is the first report of an acrylamide-degrading consortium isolated from volcanic soils.
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