Abstract

Untreated solid waste and sewage disposal is not only hazardous to human health but also to the environment. This study aim to determine the microbial populations linked with food waste dump in some part of Taraba State. A total of nine samples of food waste were collected from three dump sites located in three different local government areas which include Wukari, Ibi and Donga. After the isolation, the extracted and purified DNA of the isolates was used for a polymerase chain reaction. Gel electrophoresis was performed utilizing the UV lightbox system for viewing DNA bands. To precisely identify the isolates, DNA is denatured and converted into single-stranded and sequencer machine gives signals to the detector which transfers them to the computer and inspects the signals, converts into a nucleotide sequence and the blast was carried out. The highest of temperature on food waste dump site is 380C and lower temperature recorded is ................................................................