Adedire, S. A.

Isolation and Molecular Identification of Novel Lipase Producing Bacterium from Cocoa Processing Plant Effluent in Igba, Ondo, Nigeria

Wastewater samples were collected from cocoa processing plant effluent in Ondo, Nigeria. Lipase-producing bacteria were isolated and screened from the effluent. Four bacterial isolates showed lipolytic activities and were assessed both qualitatively (agar plate cultures) using tributyrin agar and quantitatively (liquid cultures) using olive oil as ...