Browsing Faculty of Science & Technology (FST) by Subject "diversity"
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Distribution and diversity of pythium spp. in indigenous forests and adjacent farm lands in Taita and Embu districts in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 2011)Pythium is a water mould fungus which survive as a parasite, saprophyte or both. Pythium spp. play important ecological services like recycling of both Carbon and mineral nutrients for continued plant growth. Members of ... -
The diversity of extremophilic bacteria in lake Magadi, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Biological Sciences, 2010)Lake Magadi, a highly saline lake with a pH range of about 11 to13, harbors extremophilic eubacteria and archaeobacteria that are either halophilic, alkaliphilic, haloalkaliphilic or thermophilic. Water sampling was done ...