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Touch DNA (trace DNA) is a forensic method for analysing DNA left at a scene of a crime such as shed skin cells and other biological material transferred from a donor to an object or a person during physical contact. This method of identification was pioneered by the British geneticist, Sir Alec...

Fungal and fungi-like pathogens including Cladosporium fulvum, Alternaria alternate, and Alternaria solani class dothideomycetes are major pathogens of solanaceous crops such as tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) where they cause significant losses. To contribute to the understanding of the extent to...

Hot springs are among some of the naturally-occurring extreme environments that have generated considerable interest in microbial ecologists worldwide even though there is very little information on hotspring ecosystems in Zambia. Thermophilic prokaryotes present in such extreme habitats are...