UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (CONAS)

Search for Staff

  • Home
  • Contact Details

JUMA MAHMUD HUSSEIN

Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, College Of Natural And Applied Sciences
Education:

• BSc General (Major in MC & CH) at UDSM from 2008-2011 • MSc Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at from UDSM 2012-2015 • PhD in Biology with Specialization in Systematics at Uppsala University (Sweden) from 2016-2020

Teaching:

  • Microbiology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biotechnology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Phylogenetic analysis

Research:

Research interests: Fungal taxonomy and biodiversity, Bioinformatics, Pharmacognosy, Biomolecular NMR, Fungal biotechnology and ethnomycology, Stingless bee

Projects:

  1. Investigator: Screening for Novel Molecular Markers of Antimicrobial Resistance From the Microbiome of Broiler Chicken in Tanzania
  2. Investigator: Investigations of Cashew Wilt Disease an Emerging Threat Caused by Fusarium oxysporum in Tanzania
  3. Fungal community in Mangrove areas along the shores of Dar es Salaam

Publications:

 

  • Mavoa BA, Kassuwi SA and Hussein JM. (2024). Antibacterial Activity and Phylogeny of Griseofulvin Producing Aspergillus and Penicillium Species from Kunduchi Mangrove Sediments, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science, 50(3), 454-467.
  • Umar A, Elshikh MS., Aljowaie, RM, Hussein JM, Dufossé L, Wu C and Lu J. (2024). Competitive antagonistic action of laccase between Trichoderma species and the newly identified wood pathogenic Ganoderma camelum. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15, 1408521.
  • Myovela H, Hussein J and Tibuhwa D. (2024). Treasures in our backyard: unleashing the biotechnological potentials of endophytic fungi from Tanzanian mangroves. Natural Product Research, 1-9.
  • Mduda CA, Muruke MH, Joseph CO and Hussein JM. (2024). Antioxidant and antibacterial properties of stingless bee (Meliponula spp.) honey from the northern highlands of Tanzania, in comparison with Apis mellifera honey. Food and Humanity, 2, 100310.
  • Hussein JM, Myovela H and Tibuhwa, DD. (2024). Diversity of endophytic fungi from medicinal plant Oxalis latifolia and their antimicrobial potential against selected human pathogens. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 103958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2024.103958
  • Myovela HH, Hussein JM and Tibuhwa DD. (2024). The hidden diversity of mangrove endophytic fungi from Tanzania: Insights from a preliminary study. Biologia, 79(2), 669-683. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01587-0
  • Senkoro RH, Hussein JM and Namkinga L. (2024). Prevalence and Risk factors associated with Sexually Transmitted Infections among Women of reproductive age attending reproductive and child health clinics in Dodoma and Dar es Salaam Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 25(1), 642-655. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/thrb/article/view/256148
  • Mduda CA, Hussein JM and Muruke MH. (2023). Discrimination of Tanzanian stingless bee species (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) based on nest characteristics. Biologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01534-z
  • Mduda CA, Hussein JM, and Muruke MH. (2023). Discrimination of honeys produced by Tanzanian stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) based on physicochemical properties and sugar profiles. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 14, 100803. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100803
  • Mduda CA, Muruke MH, and Hussein JM. (2023). Antimicrobial properties of honeys produced by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) from different vegetation zones of Tanzania. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-01070-y
  • Mduda CA, Hussein JM, and Muruke MH. (2023). The effects of bee species and vegetation on the antioxidant properties of honeys produced by Afrotropical stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini). Journal of Agriculture and Food Research: 100736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100736
  • Mduda CA, Hussein, JM, and Muruke, MH. (2023). Traditional knowledge and uses of stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) in Tanzania. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-01018-2
  • Myovela H, Hussein JM and Tibuhwa DD. (2023). Mangrove fungi: A glimpse into Africa, its diversity and biotechnological potential. Asian Journal of Mycology. 6(1): 58–76. https://asianjournalofmycology.org/pdf/AJOM_6_1_6.pdf
  • Tibuhwa DD, Hussein JM, Sijaona MER, Ryvaden L. and Tibell S. (2020) A phylogeny for the plant pathogen Piptoporellus baudonii using a multigene data set, Mycologia, https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2020.1801303 
  • Hussein JM. (2020). Polyporoid fungi of Tanzania: Taxonomy, transcriptomics and biochemical analyses of Kusaghiporia usambarensis and Piptoporellus baudonii (Doctoral dissertation, Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis).
  • Hussein JM, and Tibuhwa, DD (2020). Edible mushrooms in Tanzania: enlightening human health and improved livelihood.  Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., 9(1): 33-39.
  • Hussein JM, Tibuhwa DD and Tibell S. (2018). Phylogenetic position and taxonomy of Kusaghiporia usambarensis gen. et sp. nov. (Polyporales). Mycol. 1-9. doi.org/10.1080/21501203.2018.1461142
  • Hussein, JM, Tibuhwa, DD, Mshandete, AM and Kivaisi, AK. (2016). Successful domestication of Lentinus sajor-caju from an indigenous forest in Tanzania. Journal of Applied Biosciences. 108(1):10507-10518. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jab.v108i1.4
  • Hussein, JM, Tibuhwa, DD, Mshandete, AM and Kivaisi, AK, (2015).  Antioxidant properties of seven wild edible mushrooms from Tanzania. African Journal of Food Science. 9(9):471-479.  https://doi.org/10.5897/AJFS2015.1328
  • Hussein, JM, Tibuhwa, DD, Mshandete, AM and Kivaisi, AK. (2014). Molecular phylogeny of Saprophytic Wild Edible Mushroom (SWEM) Species Based on ITS and nLSU rDNA Sequences. Current Research in Environmental and Applied Mycology.  4 (2): 250–260. https://www.creamjournal.org/pdf/Cream_4_2_12.pdf