Deterioration of the quality of packaged potable water (bottled water) exposed to sunlight for a prolonged period: An implication for public health

N Umoafia, A Joseph, U Edet, F Nwaokorie… - Food and Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The exposure of bottled water to sunlight leaches heavy metals into the water, thereby
deteriorating its quality and this informed the study. Three plastic bottle brands (n= 100 per …

Comparison of Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Methods for Routine Identification of Airborne Microorganisms in Speleotherapeutic Caves

TC Kišek, T Janko, T Triglav, KS Smrdel… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The effective identification of bacterial and fungal isolates is essential for microbiological
monitoring in environments like speleotherapeutic caves. This study compares MALDI-TOF …

Metagenomics in-sight into the microbial structural diversity of anaerobic digester utilising fruit waste as substrate

AO Chinwendu, AOB Catherine… - Journal of microbiology …, 2020 - office2.jmbfs.org
Anaerobic digester has emerged as a technology of choice in management of waste and
production of biogas. However, the microbial ecology of digesters utilizing various …

Recent Trends in Elucidating Newer Insights of Solid and Aquatic Sediment Microbial Diversity

AJ Pathak, I Gogoi, P Chetia, M Puzari - … : A New Horizon of the Microbial …, 2024 - Springer
Sediments are derived from continental transport and alluviation of biological products and
are found to be rich in nutrients, thus providing habitats for microorganisms. The …

In-sight into microbial structure and function of an Eastern Obolo estuarine water using metagenomics

UO Edet, IU Bassey, IE Andy… - … of Environment and …, 2025 - inderscienceonline.com
Estuary microbes play several crucial roles that are not fully understood. We utilised
metagenomics, a culture-independent technique to evaluate microbial composition and …

Physicochemistry and microbial diversity of a municipal solid waste dumpsite leachate revealed by metagenomics

IU Bassey, IE Andy, UO Edet… - International Journal of …, 2022 - inderscienceonline.com
In this study, the description of microbial diversity of dumpsite leachate was done using
metagenomics in addition to physicochemistry. Sampling of leachate, physicochemical …

Limnological and Bacteriological Properties of Agba-Ndele Segment of Sombriero River, Rivers State, Nigeria

IO Ukwe, SC Fibika - BIMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCE …, 2024 - journals.gjbeacademia.com
The quality of our surface waters has deteriorated significantly in many countries in the past
few decades due to anthropogenic activities resulting from population growth, urbanization …

Microbiome and Metagenomics Researches in Nigeria: Evolution, Current Status and Prospects

FO Nwaokorie, IR Udotong, ND Esiobu… - Microbiomes and …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Advances in life sciences research seem to be converging on understanding the microbial
communities and their roles/application in health and disease of plants and animals. It is …