The study was to analyze the structure and function of microbial communities of the sludge samples (AS0, AS1, AS2, AS3, BS0, BS1, BS2, BS3) of bioreactors with the influent crude oil concentrations of
Enterobacter cloacae BS1 was isolated from maize root collected from Igbobini, Ondo State, Nigeria. The bacterium was screened for plant growth-promoting traits and explored as bioinoculants on maize