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  1. Biodegradation of sachet water polyethylene plastic waste using bacteria isolates

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  2. Effects of Water Storage Materials on the Quality of Roof-Harvested Rainwater

    Article • Water Conservation Science and Engineering, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nkpa Ogarekpe , Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  3. Machine learning-optimized bioprocess for macroidin production by Lysinibacillus macroides and its biomedical applications

    Article • Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  4. Bio-induced overproduction of heterocycloanthracin-like bacteriocin in Lysinibacillus macroides by Aspergillus austroafricanus: optimization of medium conditions and evaluation of potential applications

    Article • BMC Biotechnology, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  5. Saccharification and co-fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass by a cockroach-gut bacterial symbiont and yeast cocktail for bioethanol production

    Article • BMC Biotechnology, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  6. Enhanced production, artificial intelligence optimized three-phase partitioning extraction, and in silico characterization of extracellular neutral Bacillus cereus proteinase

    Article • Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, October 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  7. Neural network-ant-colony hybrid optimization of a bacterial fruit juice clarifying metallo-neutral-protease production

    Article • Journal of Food Science and Technology, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  8. Statistical versus neural network-embedded swarm intelligence optimization of a metallo-neutral-protease production: activity kinetics and food industry applications

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, March 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  9. Production, characterization, and bio-ethanologenic potential of a novel tripartite raw starch-digesting amylase from Priestia flexa UCCM 00132

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, October 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  10. Application of the novel manta-ray foraging algorithm to optimize acidic peptidase production in solid-state fermentation using binary agro-industrial waste

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  11. Strain improvement, artificial intelligence optimization, and sensitivity analysis of asparaginase-mediated acrylamide reduction in sweet potato chips

    Article • Journal of Food Science and Technology, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  12. Groundwater quality index and potential human health risk assessment of heavy metals in water: A case study of Calabar metropolis, Nigeria

    Article • Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring & Management, May 2023, Elsevier

    Nkpa Ogarekpe , Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  13. Production, characterization and techno-economic evaluation of Aspergillus fusant l-asparaginase

    Article • AMB Express, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  14. Interspecific protoplast fusion of atmospheric and room-temperature plasma mutants of Aspergillus generates an L-asparaginase hyper-producing hybrid with techno-economic benefits

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  15. Stochastic modeling and meta-heuristic multivariate optimization of bioprocess conditions for co-valorization of feather and waste frying oil toward prodigiosin production

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, October 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Nkpa Ogarekpe , Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  16. Intracellular-to-extracellular localization switch of acidic lipase in Enterobacter cloacae through multi-objective medium optimization: aqueous two-phase purification and activity kinetics

    Article • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nkpa Ogarekpe , Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  17. Flash Flood Risk Assessment of the Great Kwa River Basin Using Analytical Hierarchy Process

    Article • Water Conservation Science and Engineering, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nkpa Ogarekpe , Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  18. Overproduction of a thermo-stable halo-alkaline protease on agro-waste-based optimized medium through alternate combinatorial random mutagenesis of Stenotrophomonas acidaminiphila

    Article • Biotechnology Reports, September 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong, Nkpa Ogarekpe

  19. Intracellular-to-extracellular localization switch of acidic lipase in Enterobacter cloacae: evaluation of production kinetics and enantioselective esterification potential for pharmaceutical applications

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong, Nkpa Ogarekpe

  20. A novel strain of Stenotrophomonas acidaminiphila produces thermostable alkaline peptidase on agro-industrial wastes: process optimization, kinetic modeling and scale-up

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong, Nkpa Ogarekpe

  21. Dimensionality Reduction Analysis of the Integrated Solar and Hydraulic Jump Enhanced Waste Stabilization Pond Model Parameters

    Article • International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa, January 2022, Trans Tech Publications

    Nkpa Ogarekpe , Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  22. A novel strain of Stenotrophomonas acidaminiphila produces super-active alkaline protease during cassava effluent fermentation: process optimization, kinetic modeling and scale-up

    Article • August 2021, Research Square

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  23. A Novel Strain of Stenotrophomonas Acidaminiphila Produces Super-active Alkaline Protease During Cassava Effluent Fermentation: Process Optimization, Kinetic Modeling and Scale-up

    Article • August 2021, Research Square

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  24. Kinetic modeling and quasi-economic analysis of fermentative glycolipopeptide biosurfactant production in a medium co-optimized by statistical and neural network approaches

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Nkpa Ogarekpe , Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  25. Bioprocess Optimization of Nutritional Parameters for Enhanced Anti-leukemic L-Asparaginase Production by Aspergillus candidus UCCM 00117: A Sequential Statistical Approach

    Article • International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong, Nkpa Ogarekpe

  26. Statistical and Artificial Neural Network Approaches to Modeling and Optimization of Fermentation Conditions for Production of a Surface/Bioactive Glyco-lipo-peptide

    Article • International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nkpa Ogarekpe , Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  27. MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS OF FERTILITY PARAMETER FLUXES IN CEMENT-DUST-POLLUTED SOILS IN MFAMOSING, NIGERIA: IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE

    Article • Journal of Microbiology Biotechnology and Food Sciences, February 2020, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  28. Growth and Extracellular Enzyme Activity Responses of a Multi-enzymic Strain of Serratia sp. in a Simulated Diesel-contaminated System

    Article • Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International, July 2019, Sciencedomain International

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  29. Comparative Analysis of Determination Methods of Glyphosate Degradation by Trichoderma asperellum Strain JK-28: A Multivariate Statistical Approach

    Article • Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International, June 2019, Sciencedomain International

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  30. Statistical Distribution of Halotolerant/Halophilic Biosurfactant-Producing Yeasts in Qua Iboe Estuarine Sediments

    Article • International Journal of Sciences, January 2019, Alkhaer Publications

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  31. Evaluation of the Effects of Nutritional and Environmental Parameters on Extracellular Protease Production by Stenotrophomonas acidaminiphila Strain BPE4

    Article • International Journal of Sciences, January 2018, Alkhaer Publications

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  32. Plackett-Burman Design and Response Surface Optimization of Medium Trace Nutrients for Glycolipopeptide Biosurfactant Production

    Article • Iranian Biomedical Journal, July 2017, CASRP: Center of Advanced Scientific Research and Publications

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  33. Response surface modeling and optimization of major medium variables for glycolipopeptide production

    Article • Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, April 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  34. Selection of Enterobacter cloacae Strain POPE6 for Fermentative Production of Extracellular Lipase on Palm Kernel Oil Processing Effluent

    Article • International Journal of Sciences, January 2017, Alkhaer Publications

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  35. Water Soluble Fraction of Crude Oil Uncouples Protease Biosynthesis and Activity in Hydrocarbonoclastic Bacteria; Implications for Natural Attenuation

    Article • International Journal of Sciences, January 2017, Alkhaer Publications

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  36. A Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain Ikw1 Produces an Unusual Polymeric Surface-Active Compound in Waste Frying Oil-Minimal Medium

    Article • International Journal of Sciences, January 2016, Alkhaer Publications

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  37. Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria and Fungi in Qua Iboe Estuary, Nigeria

    Article • Research Journal of Microbiology, May 2007, Science Alert

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  38. Cadmium Toxicity on Species of Bacillus and Pseudomonas During Growth on Crude Oil

    Article • Trends in Applied Sciences Research, February 2007, Science Alert

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  39. Influence of pH on Cadmium Toxicity To Bacillus Species (02 and 12) During Biodegradation of Crude Oil

    Article • International Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2007, Science Alert

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong

  40. pH-dependent Zinc Toxicity Differentials in Species of Penicillium and Rhodotorula During Oil Biodegradation

    Article • International Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2007, Science Alert

    Prof. Maurice George Ekpenyong