Edible fungi have high nutritional value and great potential. Confusion among edible fungi
species, and foodborne diseases due to toadstool poisoning or death induced by …

Trends in industrial and environmental biotechnology research in Tanzania Page 1 African
Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 6 (25), pp. 2860-2867, 28 December, 2007 Available online at …

Anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (C. gloeosporioides; Teleomorph:
Glomerella cingulata), is the most destructive disease that affects sweet persimmon …

Tanzania is endowed with diversified topographical features rich in indigenous forests which
harbor many different saprophytic wild edible mushrooms (SWEM). Few studies have been …

Mushrooms of the genus Auricularia, generally termed wood ear mushrooms are in high
demand in Western Kenya due to their numerous medicinal and nutritional properties …

Psilocybe cubensis, or “magic mushroom,” is the most common species of fungus with
psychedelic characteristics. Two primer sets were designed to target Psilocybe DNA using …

A simple and robust biochemistry laboratory experiment is described that uses restriction
fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products to verify …

Understanding the basic applications of biotechnology is important in order to respond
effectively to challenges related to GMOs, forensic science, bioinformatics, and the COVID …

We describe here two open‐ended laboratory investigations for an undergraduate
laboratory course that uses students' DNA as templates for quantitative real‐time PCR and …

The optimization of industrial mushroom production is dependent on improving the culture
process and breeding new strains with higher yields and productivities. There have been …