© 2015 Sarah E. Rich

Liberata Mwita

RISE Degree 

MSc in Biotechnology from the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Tanzania, December 2012

PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Pretoria, South Africa

RISE Network(s) 
SABINA
Nationality 
Tanzanian
Current Position 

SABINA PhD Student at the University of Pretoria

Research 

MSc: Characterization of bioactive compounds from selected mushrooms genus Coprinus

PhD: Bioinformatic and biotechnological study of biocontrol Bacillus bacteria, which are suitable for crop protection and plant growth promotion

News & Blogs 

A Beginning of Biological Fertilizers for Africa?

Mushrooms by the Numbers: A SABINA Master's in Bioinformatics

Publications 

Mwita LN, Lyantagaye SL, Mshandete AM. 2013. The effect of the interaction of varying chicken manure supplement levels with three different solid sisal wastes substrates on sporocarp cap lengths and diameters, stipe lengths and diameters and dry weights of Coprinus cinereus (Schaeff) S. Gray s.lat. African J. Biotechnol. 10(7):1172–80.

Mwita LN, Lyantagaye SL, Mshandete AM. 2011. Cultivation of Tanzanian Coprinus cinereus (sisal compost mushroom) on three non-composted sisal waste substrates supplemented with chicken manure at various rates. Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci. 5(3):968–78.

Mwita LN, Mshandete AM, Lyantagaye SL. 2010. Improved antimicrobial activity of the Tanzanian edible mushroom Coprinus cinereus (Schaeff) Gray by chicken manure supplemented solid sisal wastes substrates. J Yeast Fungal Res. 1(10):201–6.