Office: SW155

Extension: 2458

Email: hilda.nyathi@nust.ac.zw

Qualifications
EMBA (NUST), PGDHE (NUST), PGDE (ZOU), PhD Food Microbiology (RMIT), MSc Food Biotech (Wageningen), BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences (UZ)

Research
Characterization of food-borne pathogens - Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni, Escherichia coli O157

Publications by Dr. Hilda Nyati

Nyati, H.,  Heuvelink, A.,  Van Heerwaarden, C.,  Zwartkruis, A.    2012.  Evaluation of  test-kits for the detection of   Escherichia coli  O157  in raw meats and cattle faeces.     International  Journal of  Food Studies.  1.2, 126-134.

Nyati, H.,  Beumer, R.,  Van der Veen, S.,   Hazeleger, W.,  Abee, T.   2012.  Influence  of  organic material and  biofilms on disinfectant efficacy against  Listeria   monocytogenes.     International  Journal of  Food Studies.     1.1, 77- 85.

Oyarzabal, O., Oscar, T., Speegle, L andNyati, H. 2010. Survival ofCampylobacter  jejuniand Campylobacter coli in retail broiler meat storedat-20, 4or 12oC,and developmentofWeibull models for survival.Journal of Food Protection.73.8, 1438-1446 (9).

Nyati, H.  2008 . An evaluation  of  Biological Sciences courses  in  selected         Zimbabwe Universities and their relevance to the 2003-2007 Advanced Level  Biology syllabus. SA-eDUC Journal.   5.1,  22-32.

Todorov, S.,  Nyati, H.  and Dicks, LMT.  2007.  Partial characterization of   bacteriocin AMA-K,  produced  by Lactobacillus  plantarum  AMA-K  isolated  from naturally fermented milk in  Zimbabwe.  Food Control.  18.6, 656 – 664.

Nyati, H. 2004. Evaluation of  the microbial quality of water supplies to  municipal, mining and squatter communities in the Bindura  urban area .   Water Science and Technology.  50.1, 99-103. 

Nyati, H.  2000.  Survival characteristics and the applicability of predictive mathematical modelling to  Listeria  monocytogenes growth in sous vide products. International Journal of  Food Microbiology.  56, 123-132.

Nyati, H.  2000.  An evaluation of the effect of storage and processing temperatures on the  microbiological status of sous vide extended shelf-life  products.  Food Control.   11.6, 471- 476.

Nyati, H.  2000.  Pathogenesis, growth  and survival characteristics of L.       monocytogenes - a  newly emerged pathogen. Journal of Applied Science  in Southern Africa.  6.1, 1-15.

Feresu, S & Nyati, H. 1990. Fate of pathogenic and non-pathogenic  Escherichia coli  strains in  two fermented milk products. Journal of Applied Bacteriology.  69, 814-821