Evaluation of Physico-Chemical and Fungal Species Associated with Oil Contaminated Soil from Selected Automobile Garage in Sokoto Metropolis

Ibrahim Muhammad Magami,Muhammad Murtala Mainasara,Kasimu Shehu,Hassan Muhammad Maishanu,Ahmad Bashir

doi:10.22178/pos.32-6

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Abstract

This study was conducted with a view to evaluating the physicochemical and mycological properties of different oil contaminated soils collected from three different automobile garages in Sokoto Metropolis, and uncontaminated soil from the temporary site, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) was used as the control. The pH was determined using pH meter model Hanna (H1991301), quantity of mineral elements was evaluated in accordance with Murphy and Fungi were isolated from the three oil contaminated samples (A, B. and C) and the uncontaminated (sample D) as control, this was done by standard procedure using the method of P. Ren, T. Jankun & B. Leaderer. The physical, chemical, and mineral elements from the oil-contaminated soils of the three automobile garages and control. The results of particle soil analysis revealed the high content of sandy soil (96.2 to 87.3) and silt is the lowest with (2.5–0.6). Magnesium had the highest concentration of studied minerals, ranging from 193 to 649.2 mg/kg. while PH result revealed that the soil samples were pH value ranged from (16.85–16.20) in oil Contaminated samples, while the control had 15.90, and electrical conductivity ranged from 12.8–13.8 % and 28 % in control, four fungal isolates Aspergillus sp., Penicillum sp., Mucor sp. and Sporobolomyces sp. were identified based on colonial, sexual and morphological characteristics. These fungal strains can be used in bioremediation process and oil pollution reduction in aquatic ecosystems.

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Soil is the naturally occurring, unconsolidated or loose covering on the earth’s surface
This study was conducted with a view to evaluating the physicochemical and mycological properties of different oil contaminated soils collected from three different automobile garages in Sokoto Metropolis, and uncontaminated soil from the temporary site, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) was used as the control
The pH was determined using pH meter model Hanna (H1991301), quantity of mineral elements was evaluated in accordance with Murphy and Fungi were isolated from the three oil contaminated samples (A, B. and C) and the uncontaminated as control, this was done by standard procedure using the method of P

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INTRODUCTION

Soil is the naturally occurring, unconsolidated or loose covering on the earth’s surface. A pollutant is a substance that occurs in the environment, at least in part, as a result of human activities, and which has deleterious effect on the environment [10, 19], in another words, pollution is the presence of harmful products of man activities, chemicals or other alteration of the natural soil environment. As a result of change in land use and accumulation of non-biodegradable wastes pointed out, there is need to determine the soil properties for proper management planning These properties or parameters includes: soil pH, particles size, organic matter/carbon content, macro and micro element content among others. This study was conducted with the aim of isolating and identifying the fungal species from soils collected from three different auto mechanic workshops within Sokoto metropolis and evaluation of their physicochemical characteristics

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