Abstract: The study was aimed at determining the effects of global warming on microbiota of the Great Kwa River in Cross River State. Water and sediment samples were collected from the river at different points and were subjected to standard microbiological and physicochemical protocols. The samples were analyzed for heterotrophic bacterial and fungal counts and physicochemical qualities of the river. The results obtained indicate that the water and sediment samples showed remarkable variations in physicochemical parameters during the wet and dry seasons. Nineteen microbial species with variable distribution and prevalence were isolated comprising of ten (10) bacterial and nine (9) fungal species. This study revealed valuable information about the periodic and seasonal changes in anthropogenic and environmental gradients that occur in the water samples of Great Kwa River.
Keywords: Global warming, great Kwa river, microbiota, greenhouse gases.
Title: Effects of global warming on microbiota of the great Kwa river in Cross River State, Nigeria
Author: Bassey, I.U., Andy, I. E., Akpanke, J. and Udoh, I.S.
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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