Bacteriological Survey of Abattoir Wastewater in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria

Authors

  • Emmanuel Gideon Idu Aquatic EcoHealth Group, Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, CAS, Xiamen 361021, China.
  • Benjamin Oluwafemi Omidele CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, CAS, Xiamen 361021, China.
  • Daniel Ahamefuna Nwaubani Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan. 5Department of Biology, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  • Chioma Orieji Anya Okwara Department of Microbiology, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria.
  • Victor Ugbede Okpanachi Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Kogi State University, Anyigba, Kogi State, Nigeria.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54987/bstr.v11i1.793

Keywords:

Abattoir, Wastewater, Organic waste, Bacteria, Pour plate technique

Abstract

The bacteriological survey of abattoir wastewater in Aba was investigated. Samples of wastewater contaminated with abattoir waste were collected at ten different spots in the abattoir. Nutrient agar was utilised as the media for the total aerobic plate count, McConkey agar was used for the coliform count, and cellulolytic media was used for the cellulolytic count. It was done using the pour plate method. The bacteria were identified using colonial morphology, gram staining, and biochemical assays. All of the aerobic plates, coliform count and cellulolytic count for the abattoir wastewater ranged from 1.03 x107 to 7.1 x 106 CFU/mL, 5.8 x 106 to 1.2 x 106 CFU/mL and 3.7 x106 to1.3x 106 CFU/mL, respectively.  Streptococcus spp., Pseudomonas spp., Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus spp., Micrococcus spp., Vibrio cholerae, Klebsiella spp., and Escherichia coli were among the bacteria that were isolated. This survey further confirmed the presence of varying bacteria genera in abattoir wastewater and the expedient nature of treating wastewater rather than releasing it to the physical environment as it poses a threat to public health.

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2023-07-31

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Idu, E. G., Omidele, B. O. ., Nwaubani, D. A. ., Okwara, C. O. A. ., & Okpanachi, V. U. . (2023). Bacteriological Survey of Abattoir Wastewater in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria. Bioremediation Science and Technology Research (e-ISSN 2289-5892), 11(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.54987/bstr.v11i1.793

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