ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH POLLUTED WATER FROM HIDES AND SKIN FACTORY IN MAJEMA AREA SOKOTO, SOKOTO
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Changes in microbial community contents with tannery effluents in Maniru road area of
Sokoto, Nigeria, four samples were collected using sterile containers. They were
determined using of nutrient agar, and isolated using Macconkey agar, Mannitol salt agar
blood agar. The results showed the tannery effluents contained a variety of
microorganisms which include Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis.
The presence of these microorganisms poses a potential threat to the local inhabitants of
this area.
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