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    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Science and Education Publishing</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>American Journal of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology</JournalTitle>
      <Volume>1</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2013</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>04</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <ArticleTitle>Microbiological Analysis of Soil from Onu-Ebonyi Contaminated with Inorganic Fertilizer</ArticleTitle>
    <FirstPage>70</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>74</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Alo</FirstName>
        <LastName>M.N.</LastName>
        <Affiliation>Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Federal University Ndufu Alike-Ikwo, Ebonyi, Nigeria</Affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Egbule</FirstName>
        <LastName>U.C.C.</LastName>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Orji</FirstName>
        <LastName>J.O.</LastName>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Aneke</FirstName>
        <LastName>C.J</LastName>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <ArticleIdList>
      <ArticleId IdType="pii">AJIDM2013143</ArticleId>
      <ArticleId IdType="doi">10.12691/ajidm-1-4-3</ArticleId>
    </ArticleIdList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2013</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>09</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="revised">
        <Year>2013</Year>
        <Month>06</Month>
        <Day>03</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2013</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>04</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <Abstract>Microbiological analysis of soil from Onu-Ebonyi Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria contaminated with inorganic fertilizer was carried out with a view to determine the effect of the fertilizer on the microbial flora of the soil. Soil samples were analyzed for microbial burden. The result showed that the following organisms were isolated with their frequency of occurrence as follow: <i>Pseudomonas </i>species (33.3%) and <i>Aspergillus</i> species (54.4%) had the highest frequency of occurrence in the whole sample batches, while <i>Streptococcus</i> species had 6.0% and <i>Geotrichum</i> species (5.3%) had the least. Other predominant microorganism isolated include:<i> Bacillus</i> species,<i> Staphylococcus</i> species and <i>Vibrio</i> species, <i>Escherichia </i>species, <i>Rhizopus</i> species,<i> Mucor </i>species and<i> Fusarium </i>species. From the results, it could be concluded that the soil was contaminated and this could affect adversely the fertility of the soil.</Abstract>
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