School of Biological Sciences - Honours - Microbiology

School of Biological Sciences - Honours - Microbiology

 

Research Topics in Microbiology

  • Sanitation and Health
  • Bacteriophage biocontrol
  • Microbial biotechnology
  • Virology
  • Biotechnology

 

Researchers in Microbiology

 

 

Prof Collins Njie Ateba (back to top)

  • Water
  • Sanitation and health
  • Food safety and bacteriophage biocontrol
  • Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antibiotic resistance determinants in food and waterborne pathogens

 

Prof Olubukola Oluranti Babalola (back to top)

  • Soil-plant-microbe interactions
  • Microbial biotechnology
  • Food security
  • Rhizosphere metagenomics, symbiosis and aspects of stress tolerance

 

Dr Hazel Mufhandu (back to top)

  • Virology
  • Mechanisms of viral infections 

 

Dr Tonderayi Dave Kawadza (back to top)

  • Biotechnology
  • Biotechnological techniques in indigenous plant systems as well as in microbial industrial applications

 

Dr Madira Manganyi (back to top)

  • Endophytic fungi
  • Phytomedicines 
  • Fungal taxonomy, biodiversity of endophytic fungi
  • Bioactive compounds isolated from medicinal plants and endophytic fungi

 

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