Bacteriological quality of soil and surface water around the Ika-Ogboyaga coal mining site, Ankpa, Kogi state, Nigeria

Coal mining alters the physicochemical character of soils and water, and with it the microbial communities responsible for nutrient cycling and self purification, yet little is known about the bacteriology of Nigerian mining areas. This study determined the occurrence, diversity and habitat distribution of culturable bacteria in soils and stream water around the Ika-Ogboyaga coal mining area of Ankpa, Kogi State, comparing a mining impacted zone with an adjacent non mining reference zone ove