Abstract

BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SOIL SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM FOUR CEMENT FACTORIES SIDES OF SATNA DISTRICT (M.P.)

*Supriya Neekhara and Rajesh Garg

Abstract

Totally 12 soil samples were collected from four cement factory areas viz.(Maihar cement factory, KJS cement factory, Reliance cement factory and Satna cement factory of Satna district Madhya Pradesh. Based on the area distribution, the soil samples were collected from three different sites A (inside the factory sample code A, D, G,& J ), site B (2 km away in the area from the each factory, sample code B, E, H and K) and site C (5 km away in the area from the each factory, sample code C, F, I and L). The bacteriological analysis was carried out using standard methods. The highest bacterial count of 2629x104 CFU/gm was observed in soil samples away 5 km from the cement factory in site C, while the least count of KJS cement factory soil sample away o km from KJS cement factory with micro-organisms load of 152x104 CFU/gm. A total of 13 bacterial isolates were characterized and 8 fungus species were isolate and characterized. The results showed that conditions are not favorable for growth of microbs and plants.

Keywords: Bacterial diversity, Cement factory, Soil, Cement factory, Dust pollution.