Isolation and characterization of Streptomyces species with antifungal activity from selected national parks in Kenya

James Oluoch Nonoh^1,2, Wilber Lwande¹, Daniel Masiga¹, Rafi Herrmann⁴, James K. Presnail⁴, Eric Schepers⁴, Matilda Angela Okech¹, Richard Bagine³, Paul Mungai³, Aggrey Bernard Nyende² and Hamadi Iddi Boga²*

¹International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772 –00100, Nairobi, Kenya.

²Botany Department, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), P.O. Box 62000 (00200), Nairobi, Kenya.

³Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), P.O. Box 40241-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.

⁴Pioneer, A DuPont Company, Crop Genetics Research and Development, Rte 141 and Henry clay rd. Wilmington, DE 19880.