Analysis of COI gene, prevalence, and intensity of the bat fly on roosting straw-coloured fruit bat in Southwest Nigeria.

We investigated ectoparasite diversity, interspecific infestation rates and host preference in roosting fruit bats, , from Bowen University, Southwest Nigeria. Fur of captured were sampled monthly for ectoparasites from January 2021 to June 2022. We examined a total of 231  and observed a significant female to male adult sex ratio (0.

Gold mining impairs the biological water quality of a culturally important river and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nigeria.

The UNESCO World Heritage Sites have special conservation regulations because they are recognized as having significant cultural and/or natural value. One of Nigeria's two UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites is the Osun River. It has immense biodiversity values, which are currently being threatened due to gold mining activities within its catchment area.

Taxonomy and okadaic acid production of a strain of Prorocentrum lima (Dinophyceae) isolated from the Bay of Bengal, North Indian Ocean.

Prorocentrum lima (CSIRCSMCRI005) was isolated from the coastal seawater of Thonithurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Morphology of the isolate was studied using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) while phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS1-5.8s-ITS2), 18S rDNA, and large subunit (LSU) rDNA were also carried out.