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Prof MA Nyila

Associate Professor | College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences
School of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Department: Life and Consumer Sciences

Tel: 011 471 2294
Email: nyilama@unisa.ac.za
Campus: UNISA Florida campus
Building: Calabash Building
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  • PhD (Botany/Plant Science), University of Pretoria
  • MSc (Environmental Biotechnology) Rhodes University
  • BSc Hons (Microbiology), University of the Western Cape
  • BSc (Biochemistry & Microbiology), UWC
  • HED (Postgraduate), Unisa
  • Outcome-based Assessment in Higher Education and Open Distance Learning, Unisa 

Teaching interests

  • Microbiology
  • Food Microbiology
  • Environmental Biotechnology
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Phytomedicine

Research interests

  • Phytomedicine; Phytochemistry
  • South African medicinal plants with antibacterial activity against foodborne pathogens
  • Medicinal plants with activity against  Listeria monocytogenes

Book chapters:

  • Morobe, I. C. Obi, C. L., Nyila, M. A., Matsheka M.I., Gashe B.A. 2012. Molecular Characterization and Serotyping of Listeria monocytogenes with a Focus on Food Safety and Disease Prevention, In : Jose C. Jimenez-Lopez (Ed).Biochemical Testing. Intech- Open Access Publisher, Rijeka, Croatia pp 197-216 (ISBN 978-953-51-0249-6)

International Conference : Peer Reviewed Conference Output
Type: Refereed/Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings

Year: 2010

  • Morobe I.C., Obi C.L., Nyila M.A., Matsheka M.L. and Gashe B.A.
    Molecular characterization and stereotyping of Listeria monocyogenes from various foods in Gaborone, Botswana. Walter Sisulu University International Research Conference, Mthatha Eastern Cape Province, South Africa 18-20 August 2010

Poster Presentation

  • Nyila MA., Lall, Leonard C, Weyers B, Meyer JJM. 2007. Susceptibility testing of Listeria monocytogenes using disk method and microtitre plate (micro broth dilution) method.
    55th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research. September 2-6, 2007, Graz, Austria

Conference Proceedings (Peer-reviewed)

  • Nyila MA., Lall, Leonard C, Weyers B, Meyer JJM. 2007. Susceptibility testing of Listeria monocytogenes using disk method and microtitre plate (micro broth dilution) method . Planta Medica Volume 73: 848

  • M.A. Nyila. Recent challenges posed by the outbreak of listeriosis in South Africa: Lessons from this incidence. 14th International Conference on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases. 6-9 November 2018, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain