C. C. Opurum

Invitro Toxicity of Binary Mixtures of Glyphosate and 2, 2 Dichlorovinyl Dimethyl Phosphate on Bacterial Isolates

C. O. Anuniru, J. N. Ogbulie, C. C. Opurum & E. S. Asiwe · Asian Journal of Biology · 2021

The in vitro toxicity of glyphosate (Gly) and 2, 2 Dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate (DDVP) single compound and binary mixtures was assessed against Pseudomonas sp. and Bacillus sp. isolated from Otamiri River, Imo state, Nigeria was investigated. The toxicity response was assesse...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajob/2021/v13i230183

Batch Mode Biomethane Production from Anaerobic Digestion of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) with Cassava Peels and Cabbage Waste

C. B. Nwaneri, C. O. Akujobi, S. I. Okorondu, S. I. Umeh & C. C. Opurum · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2022

This study aimed to investigate anaerobic co-digestion of palm oil mill effluent (POME) with cassava peels (CP) and cabbage waste (CW) for biomethane production. The anaerobic digestion (AD) in 10L capacity bioreactors loaded separately with three different ratios (3L/ 520g, 3L/...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2022/v32i530387

Molecular Screening of Fungal Isolates of Palm Oil from South Eastern Nigeria for Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin Biosynthetic Genes Using Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction (mPCR)

I. N. Nwachukwu, E. S. Amadi, U. C. Ogwo, S. I. Umeh, C. C. Opurum, E. C. Chinakwe, N. U. Nwaogwugu, I. E. Ochiagha, H. D. Ogbuagu & F. N. Ujowundu · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2019

In Nigeria and many other developing countries of the world, the incidence of mycotoxin- contamination of foods and food products has attracted attention and stirred a lot of concern for food safety. This work aims at detection of aflatoxigenic and ochratoxigenic synthetic genes...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i530142