Plants shape distinct, species-specific microbiomes in their rhizospheres. A main premise for evaluating microbial communities associated with root-soil compartments is their successful separation into the rhizosphere (soil-root interface), the rhizoplane (root surface), and the endosphere (inside roots). We evaluated different approaches (washing, sonication, and bleaching) regarding their eff...

Heavy-metal pollution of soils has become a major environmental concern around the world presently. Soil washing provides an effective measure removing contaminants from soil permanently, which reagent plays vital role in process. This article reviews current knowledge acquired on main aspects concerning reagents for remediation heavy-metal-contaminated based more than 150 published studies ove...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of variables in a flotation technique for the recovery of Toxocara canis eggs from soil. The trials were done under standardized conditions on one gram of previously sterilized soil samples contaminated with 200 eggs of T. canis. The following variables were evaluated in serial steps: sieving; type of wash; time of stirring; resuspension o...

OBJECTIVE The study determined the seroprevalence of Toxocara canis infection among children attending four selected health facilities in the Central Region of Ghana. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. METHOD Sera from 566 children aged 1-15 years attending four selected health facilities in the Central Region of Ghana between July and September 2012 was used in a Toxocara excretory-secretory an...