Browsing Research Articles (Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM)) by Issue Date

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  • Lyssaviruses and the fatal encephalitic disease rabies 
    Scott, Terence Peter; Nel, Louis Hendrik (Frontiers Media, 2021)
    Lyssaviruses cause the disease rabies, which is a fatal encephalitic disease resulting in approximately 59,000 human deaths annually. The prototype species, rabies lyssavirus, is the most prevalent of all lyssaviruses ...
  • Phylogenetic and morphological analyses of Coniochaeta isolates recovered from Inner Mongolia and Yunnan revealed three new endolichenic fungal species 
    Si, Hong-Li; Su, Yue-Min; Zheng, Xiao-Xiao; Ding, Meng-Yao; Bose, Tanay; Chang, Runlei (Pensoft Publishers, 2021)
    Lichens are the result of a symbiotic interaction between fungi (mycobionts) and algae (phycobionts). Aside from mycobionts, lichen thalli can also contain non-lichenised fungal species, such as lichenicolous and endolichenic ...
  • Phylogeography and morphometric variation of the Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata complex 
    Miller, Susan M.; Barnes, K.N.; Bloomer, Paulette; Ryan, Peter G. (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2021)
    The Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata is a peculiar, short-tailed lark confined to southern, central and East Africa. Typical of resident larks, it exhibits marked geographic variation in plumage colour, which has ...
  • Construction of a DArT-seq marker–based genetic linkage map and identification of QTLs for yield in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) 
    Malebe, Masixolise Pelly; Koech, Robert; Mbanjo, E.G.N.; Kamunya, S.M.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Apostolides, Zeno (Springer, 2021-01)
    As the second most consumed non-alcoholic beverage, the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) has high economic value. Tea improvement efforts that largely target economic traits such as yield have traditionally relied on conventional ...
  • To which world regions does the valence–dominance model of social perception apply? 
    Jones, Benedict C.; DeBruine, Lisa M.; Flake, Jessica K.; Liuzza, Marco Tullio; Antfolk, Jan; Arinze, Nwadiogo C.; Ndukaihe, Izuchukwu L.G.; Bloxsom, Nicholas G.; Lewis, Savannah C.; Foroni, Francesco; Willis, Megan L.; Cubillas, Carmelo P.; Vadillo, Miguel A.; Turiegano, Enrique; Gilead, Michael; Simchon, Almog; Saribay, S. Adil; Owsley, Nicholas C.; Jang, Chaning; Mburu, Georgina; Calvillo, Dustin P.; Wlodarczyk, Anna; Qi, Yue; Ariyabuddhiphongs, Kris; Jarukasemthawee, Somboon; Manley, Harry; Suavansri, Panita; Taephant, Nattasuda; Stolier, Ryan M.; Evans, Thomas R.; Bonick, Judson; Lindemans, Jan W.; Ashworth, Logan F.; Hahn, Amanda C.; Chevallier, Coralie; Kapucu, Aycan; Karaaslan, Aslan; Leongómez, Juan David; Sanchez, Oscar R.; Valderrama, Eugenio; Vasquez-Amezquita, Milena; Hajdu, Nandor; Aczel, Balazs; Szecsi, Peter; Andreychik, Michael; Musser, Erica D.; Batres, Carlota; Hu, Chuan-Peng; Liu, Qing-Lan; Legate, Nicole; Vaughn, Leigh Ann; Barzykowski, Krystian; Golik, Karolina; Schmid, Irina; Stieger, Stefan; Artner, Richard; Mues, Chiel; Vanpaemel, Wolf; Jiang, Zhongqing; Wu, Qi; Marcu, Gabriela M.; Stephen, Ian D.; Lu, Jackson G.; Philipp, Michael C.; Arnal, Jack D.; Hehman, Eric; Xie, Sally Y.; Chopik, William J.; Seehuus, Martin; Azouaghe, Soufian; Belhaj, Abdelkarim; Elouafa, Jamal; Wilson, John P.; Kruse, Elliott; Papadatou-Pastou, Marietta; De La Rosa-Gomez, Anabel; Barba-Sanchez, Alan E.; Gonzalez-Santoyo, Isaac; Hsu, Tsuyueh; Kung, Chun-Chia; Wang, Hsiao-Hsin; Freeman, Jonathan B.; Oh, Dong Won; Schei, Vidar; Sverdrup, Therese E.; Levitan, Carmel A.; Cook, Corey L.; Chandel, Priyanka; Kujur, Pratibha; Parganiha, Arti; Parveen, Noorshama; Pati, Atanu Kumar; Pradhan, Sraddha; Singh, Margaret M.; Pande, Babita; Bavolar, Jozef; Kacmar, Pavol; Zakharov, Ilya; Alvarez-Solas, Sara; Baskin, Ernest; Thirkettle, Martin; Schmidt, Kathleen; Christopherson, Cody D.; Leonis, Trinity; Suchow, Jordan W.; Olofsson, Jonas K.; Jernsather, Teodor; Lee, Ai-Suan; Beaudry, Jennifer L.; Gogan, Taylor D.; Oldmeadow, Julian A.; Balas, Benjamin; Stevens, Laura M.; Colloff, Melissa F.; Flowe, Heather D.; Gulgoz, Sami; Brandt, Mark J.; Hoyer, Karlijn; Jaeger, Bastian; Ren, Dongning; Sleegers, Willem W.A.; Wissink, Joeri; Kaminski, Gwenael; Floerke, Victoria A.; Urry, Heather L.; Chen, Sau-Chin; Pfuhl, Gerit; Vally, Zahir; Basnight-Brown, Dana M.; Jzerman, Hans I.; Sarda, Elisa; Neyroud, Lison; Badidi, Touhami; Van der Linden, Nicolas; Tan, Chrystalle B.Y.; Kovic, Vanja; Sampaio, Waldir; Ferreira, Paulo; Santos, Diana; Burin, Debora I.; Gardiner, Gwendolyn; Protzko, John; Schild, Christoph; Scigała, Karolina A.; Zettler, Ingo; Kunz, Erin M. O’Mara; Storage, Daniel; Wagemans, Fieke M.A.; Saunders, Blair; Sirota, Miroslav; Sloane, Guyan V.; Lima, Tiago J.S.; Uittenhove, Kim; Vergauwe, Evie; Jaworska, Katarzyna; Stern, Julia; Ask, Karl; Van Zyl, Casper J.J.; Korner, Anita; Weissgerber, Sophia C.; Boudesseul, Jordane; Ruiz-Dodobara, Fernando; Ritchie, Kay L.; Michalak, Nicholas M.; Blake, Khandis R.; White, David; Gordon-Finlayson, Alasdair R.; Anne, Michele; Janssen, Steve M.J.; Lee, Kean Mun; Nielsen, Tonje K.; Tamnes, Christian K.; Zickfeld, Janis H.; Rosa, Anna Dalla; Vianello, Michelangelo; Kocsor, Ferenc; Kozma, Luca; Putz, Adam; Tressoldi, Patrizio; Irrazabal, Natalia; Chatard, Armand; Lins, Samuel; Pinto, Isabel R.; Lutz, Johannes; Adamkovic, Matus; Babincak, Peter; Banik, Gabriel; Ropovik, Ivan; Coetzee, Vinet (Nature Research, 2021-01-04)
    Over the past 10 years, Oosterhof and Todorov’s valence–dominance model has emerged as the most prominent account of how people evaluate faces on social dimensions. In this model, two dimensions (valence and dominance) ...
  • The role of waste management in control of rabies : a neglected issue 
    Wright, Nicolette; Subedi, Deepak; Pantha, Saurav; Acharya, Krishna Prasad; Nel, Louis Hendrik (MDPI, 2021-02)
    Despite being vaccine preventable, the global burden of dog rabies remains significant, and historically it is the rural and marginalized communities in developing countries of Africa and Asia that are most threatened ...
  • New hosts for Lecanosticta acicola and Dothistroma septosporum in newly established arboreta in Spain 
    Mesanza, Nebai; Raposo, Rosa; Elvira-Recuenco, Margarita; Barnes, Irene; Van der Nest, Ariska; Hernandez, Monica; Pascual, Maria Teresa; Barrena, Iskander; San Martin, Unai; Cantero, Alejandro; Hernandez-Escribano, Laura; Iturritxa, Eugenia (Wiley, 2021-02)
    A historical outbreak of needle blight disease was recorded during 2018 to 2019 in plantations of Pinus radiata and Pinus nigra in the North of Spain. The main pathogens involved in this historical outbreak were identified ...
  • Depth-dependent variables shape community structure and functionality in the Prince Edward Islands 
    Phoma, Boitumelo Sandra; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter (Springer, 2021-02)
    Physicochemical variables limit and control the distribution of microbial communities in all environments. In the oceans, this may significantly influence functional processes such the consumption of dissolved organic ...
  • Worldwide genetic structure elucidates the eurasian origin and invasion pathways of dothistroma septosporum, causal agent of dothistroma needle blight 
    Mullett, Martin S.; Drenkhan, Rein; Adamson, Kalev; BoroN, Piotr; Lenart-Boron, Anna; Barnes, Irene; Tomsovsky, Michal; Janosíkova, Zuzana; Adamcikov, Katarina; Ondruskova, Emilia; Queloz, Valentin; Piskur, Barbara; Musolin, Dmitry L.; Davydenko, Kateryna; Georgieva, Margarita; Schmitz, Sophie; Kacergius, Audrius; Ghelardini, Luisa; Orlovic, Jelena Kranjec; Muller, Michael; Oskay, Funda; Hauptman, Tine; Halasz, Agnes; Markovskaja, Svetlana; Solheim, Halvor; Vuorinen, Martti; Heinzelmann, Renate; Hamelin, Richard C.; Konecny, Adam (MDPI, 2021-02-03)
    Dothistroma septosporum, the primary causal agent of Dothistroma needle blight, is one of the most significant foliar pathogens of pine worldwide. Its wide host and environmental ranges have led to its global success as ...
  • Bacterial profiling of Haemonchus contortus gut microbiome infecting Dohne Merino sheep in South Africa 
    Mafuna, Thendo; Soma, P.; Tsotetsi‑Khambule, A.M.; Hefer, C.A.; Muchadeyi, F.C.; Thekisoe, O.M.M.; Pierneef, Rian Ewald (Nature Research, 2021-03)
    A metagenomic approach was used to study the gut microbiome of Haemonchus contortus feld strains and that of its predilection site, the abomasum of Dohne Merino sheep. The abomasum contents and H. contortus were collected ...
  • Phylogenomic investigation of increasing fluoroquinolone resistance among Belgian cases of Shigellosis between 2013 and 2018 indicates both travel-related imports and domestic circulation 
    Bogaerts, Bert; Winand, Raf; Van Braekel, Julien; Mattheus, Wesley; De Keersmaecker, Sigrid C. J.; Roosens, Nancy H.C.; Marchal, Kathleen; Vanneste, Kevin; Ceyssens, Pieter-Jan (MDPI, 2021-04-06)
    Shigellosis is an acute enteric infection caused mainly by the species Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei. Since surveillance of these pathogens indicated an increase in ciprofloxacin-resistant samples collected in ...
  • Rabies prophylactic and treatment options : an in vitro study of siRNA- and aptamer-based therapeutics 
    Scott, Terence Peter; Nel, Louis Hendrik (MDPI, 2021-05)
    If the goal of eliminating dog-mediated human rabies by 2030 is to be achieved, effective mass dog vaccination needs to be complemented by effective prophylaxis for individuals exposed to rabies. Aptamers and short-interfering ...
  • A bioinformatics whole-genome sequencing workflow for clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolate analysis, validated using a reference collection extensively characterized with conventional methods and in silico approaches 
    Bogaerts, Bert; Delcourt, Thomas; Soetaert, Karine; Boarbi, Samira; Ceyssens, Pieter-Jan; Winand, Raf; Van Braekel, Julien; De Keersmaecker, Sigrid C. J.; Roosens, Nancy H.C.; Marchal, Kathleen; Mathys, Vanessa; Vanneste, Kevin (American Society for Microbiology, 2021-05-19)
    The use of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) for routine typing of bacterial isolates has increased substantially in recent years. For Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), in particular, WGS has the benefit of drastically ...
  • Genetic recombination in Teratosphaeria destructans causing a new disease outbreak in Malaysia 
    Havenga, Minette; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Marincowitz, Seonju; Dreyer, Leanne Laurette; Roets, Francois; Japarudin, Yani; Aylward, Janneke (Wiley, 2021-06)
    The Eucalyptus foliar pathogen Teratosphaeria destructans causes severe and widespread damage in South-East Asian and South African plantations. In 2016, leaf blight symptoms resembling those caused by T. destructans were ...
  • Rabies in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and North Africa : building evidence and delivering a regional approach to rabies elimination 
    Taylor, Emma; Del Rio Vilas, Victor; Scott, Terence Peter; Coetzer, Andre; Prada, Joaquin M.; Alireza, Gholami; Alqadi, Nasr A.; Berry, Atika; Bazzal, Bassel; Barkia, Abdelaziz; Davlyatov, Firuzjon; Farahtaj, Firoozeh; Harabech, Khaouther; Imnadze, Paata; Mahiout, Fazia; Majeed, Mohammed I.; Nedosekov, Vitalii; Nel, Louis Hendrik; Rich, Hassan; Soufi, Abderazak; Vodopija, Radovan; Vranjes, Nenad; Picot, Valentina S.; Horton, Daniel (Elsevier, 2021-06)
    The Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and North Africa Rabies Control Network (MERACON), is built upon the achievements of the Middle East and Eastern Europe Rabies Expert Bureau (MEEREB). MERACON aims to foster ...
  • Molecular diversity and relationships of fig associated nematodes from South Africa 
    Kruger, Meike S.; Kanzaki, Natsumi; Giblin-Davis, Robin M.; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree) (Public Library of Science, 2021-08)
    Nematodes of figs and fig wasps have received limited attention in Africa since their discovery in 1973. Sixteen of the 25 species of native South African figs were sampled for nematode associates using molecular barcoding ...
  • Phylogeny of nitrogenase structural and assembly components reveals new insights into the origin and distribution of nitrogen fixation across bacteria and archaea 
    Koirala, Amrit; Brözel, Volker Siegfried (MDPI, 2021-08-04)
    The phylogeny of nitrogenase has only been analyzed using the structural proteins NifHDK. As nifHDKENB has been established as the minimum number of genes necessary for in silico prediction of diazotrophy, we present an ...
  • Efficacy of SAT2 foot-and-mouth disease vaccines formulated with Montanide ISA 206B and Quil-A Saponin adjuvants 
    Rathogwa, Ntungufhadzeni Maclaughlin; Scott, Katherine A.; Opperman, Pamela Anne; Jacques, Theron,; Maree, Francois F. (MDPI, 2021-09)
    The effective control of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) relies strongly on the separation of susceptible and infected livestock or susceptible livestock and persistently infected wildlife, vaccination, and veterinary sanitary ...
  • Niche preference of Escherichia coli in a peri-urban pond ecosystem 
    NandaKafle, Gitanjali; Huegen, Taylor; Potgieter, Sarah; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Brözel, Volker Siegfried (MDPI, 2021-09-28)
    Escherichia coli comprises diverse strains with a large accessory genome, indicating functional diversity and the ability to adapt to a range of niches. Specific strains would display greatest fitness in niches matching ...
  • Three draft single-cell genome sequences of novel SAR324 strains isolated from the abyssopelagic southern ocean 
    Castillo, Diego J.; Van Goethem, Marc W.; Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter (American Society for Microbiology, 2021-09-30)
    SAR324 is a ubiquitous and phylogenetically distinct clade of Deltaproteobacteria in marine environments. Here, we present three single-cell amplified genome sequences from the SAR324 lineage, obtained from the abyssopelagic ...