The microbiological effects of hospital wastes on the environment

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6253-6257

  Oyeleke, S B ^a   Istifanus, N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aerobic counts; Anaerobic heterotrophic counts; Hospital wastes; Soil dump site and soil adjacent

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DUMPING; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HETEROTROPHY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL WASTE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROCOCCUS; MICROORGANISM; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PH; RHIZOPUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ACTINOMYCES ISRAELII; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; KOCURIA ROSEA; MICROSPORUM CANIS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM PURPUROGENUM; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRICHOTHECIUM ROSEUM;

EID: 71949128607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB2009.000-9473     Document Type: Article

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