Research Articles (Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM))

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Research Articles (Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology (BGM))

 

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  • Mikhari, Rito L.; Meiring, Susan; De Gouveia, Linda; Chan, Wai Yin; Jolley, Keith A.; Van Tyne, Daria; Harrison, Lee H.; Marjuki, Henju; Ismail, Arshad; Quan, Vanessa; Cohen, Cheryl; Walaza, sibongile; Von Gottberg, Anne; Du Plessis, Mignon (Oxford University Press, 2024-12-15)
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  • Jagger, Charmaine E.; Potts, Warren M.; Pringle, Brett A.; Bordbar, M. Hadi; Henriques, Romina; McKeown, Niall J.; Wilhelm, Margit R. (Elsevier, 2025-05)
    Argyrosomus inodorus is a cool water Sciaenid, important to the recreational and commercial coastal fishery in Namibia, the northern Benguela. Given recent findings on the northern Benguela as an ocean-warming hotspot and ...
  • Van de Vloet, Antoine; Prost-Boxoen, Lucas; Bafort, Quinten; Paing, Yunn Thet; Casteleyn, Griet; Jomat, Lucile; Lemaire, Stephane D.; De Clerck, Olivier; Van de Peer, Yves (Wiley, 2025)
    Whole-genome duplications, widely observed in plant lineages, have significant evolutionary and ecological impacts. Yet, our current understanding of the direct implications of ploidy shifts on short- and long-term plant ...
  • Prost-Boxoen, Lucas; Bafort, Quinten; Van de Vloet, Antoine; Almeida-Silva, Fabricio; Paing, Yunn Thet; Casteleyn, Griet; D'hondt, Sofie; De Clerck, Olivier; Van de Peer, Yves (Wiley, 2025-01)
    Genome merging is a common phenomenon causing a wide range of consequences on phenotype, adaptation, and gene expression, yet its broader implications are not well-understood. Two consequences of genome merging on gene ...
  • De Vos, Lieschen; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Santana, Quentin C.; Van Wyk, Stephanie; Leeuwendaal, Kyle; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (MDPI, 2024-01)
    The pine pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum, is globally regarded as one of the most important threats to commercial pine-based forestry. Although genome sequences of this fungus are available, these remain highly ...
  • Ramaswe, J.B.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; De Vos, Lieschen; Fru, Felix Fon; Adegeye, O.O.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (MDPI, 2024-05)
    In ascomycetous fungi, sexual mate recognition requires interaction of the Ste2 receptor protein produced by one partner with the α-factor peptide pheromone produced by the other partner. In some fungi, Ste2 is further ...
  • Kidd, Sarah E.; Hagen, Ferry; Halliday, Catriona L.; Abdolrasouli, Alireza; Boekhout, Teun; Crous, Pedro W.; Ellis, David H.; Elvy, Juliet; Forrest, Graeme N.; Groenewald, Marizeth; Hahn, Rosane C.; Houbraken, Jos; Rodrigues, Anderson M.; Scott, James; Sorrell, Tania C.; Summerbell, Richard C.; Tsui, Clement K.M.; Yurkov, Andrey M.; Chen, Sharon C.-A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2024-04)
    We read with interest the recent publication by de Hoog and colleagues in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology (1) and support the goal to stabilize fungal nomenclature. Although we recognize the importance of stable naming, ...
  • Burger, Pieter B.; Hu, Xiaohu; Balabin, Ilya; Muller, Morne; Stanley, Megan; Joubert, Fourie; Kaiser, Thomas M. (American Chemical Society, 2024-04-23)
    In the realm of medicinal chemistry, the primary objective is to swiftly optimize a multitude of chemical properties of a set of compounds to yield a clinical candidate poised for clinical trials. In recent years, two ...
  • Mlingo, Tendai A.M.; Theron, Jacques; Mokoena, Nobalanda B. (American Society for Microbiology, 2025)
    Control of bluetongue disease is predominantly through vaccination with licensed inactivated or live-attenuated vaccines (LAVs). Manufacturing of LAVs in endemic countries requires formulation with a high number of serotypes ...
  • Bustos-Caparros, Esteban; Viver, Tomeu; Gago, Juan F.; Rodriguez-R, Luis M.; Hatt, Janet K.; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Fuchs, Bernhard M.; Amann, Rudolf; Bosch, Rafael; Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T.; Rossello-Mora, Ramon (Oxford University Press, 2024-11)
    To understand how extreme halophiles respond to recurrent disturbances, we challenged the communities thriving in salt-saturated (∼36% salts) ∼230 L brine mesocosms to repeated dilutions down to 13% (D13 mesocosm) or 20% ...
  • Martin, Grant D.; Canavan, Kim; Chikowore, Gerald; Bugan, Richard; De Lange, Willem; Du Toit, Ben; Harding, Graham; Heath, Ronald; Hill, Martin; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Ivey, Philip; Muir, Debbie; Musedeli, Jufter; Richardson, David M.; Slippers, Bernard; Stafford, Louise; Turner, Andrew; Watson, Kirsten; Van Wilgen, Brian W. (Elsevier, 2025-02)
    The occurrence and continuing spread of wilding pines (genus Pinus) in the Cape Floristic Region (CFR), South Africa, impacts negatively on water resources, threatens the region's rich biodiversity, and increases the damage ...
  • Naidoo, Yashini; Pierneef, Rian E.; Cowan, Don A.; Valverde, Angel (Springer, 2024-08)
    The study of the soil resistome is important in understanding the evolution of antibiotic resistance and its dissemination between the clinic and the environment. However, very little is known about the soil resistome, ...
  • Sandoval-Denis, M.; Costa, M.M.; Broders, K.; Becker, Y.; Maier, W.; Yurkov, A.; Kermode, A.; Buddie, A.G.; Ryan, M.J.; Schumacher, R.K.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Crous, Pedro W. (Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 2025-03)
    The species-rich Fusarium sambucinum species complex (FSAMSC; Fusarium, Nectriaceae, Hypocreales) is well-known for including devastating plant pathogens and toxigenic species. However, this group of grass-loving fungi ...
  • Sriruttan-Nel, Charlotte; Cairns, Chelline; Boughan, Shareen; Moodley, Bhavani; Sun, Lisa Ming; Chan, Wai Yin; Ismail, Arshad; Mwazha, Absalom; Bennimahadeo, Praniel; Manickchund, Nithendra; Moyo, Mthabisi; Nkwanyana, Thabani; Msimang, Mpumelelo Z.; Essa, Ahmed; Frean, John; Moosa, Mahomed-Yunus (MDPI, 2025-02)
    BACKGROUND : Human central nervous system infections due to free-living nematodes, although extremely rare, are usually fatal. Immunodeficiency has not been a feature of most of these cases, unlike the situation pertaining ...
  • Gharbi, Dorra; Neumann, Frank Harald; Staats, Jurgens; Mcdonald, Marinda; Linde, Jo-hanné; Mmatladi, Tshiamo; Podile, Keneilwe; Piketh, Stuart; Burger, Roelof; Garland, Rebecca M.; Bester, Petra; Lebre, Pedro H.; Ricci, Cristian (Springer, 2025-02)
    This pioneering study evaluates the prevalence of aeroallergens reactivity among atopic populations living in the Vaal Triangle Airshed Priority Area (VTAPA), South Africa. A total of 138 volunteers (51 males and 87 females), ...
  • Fouche, Jacques; Lebre, Pedro H.; Melville, Haemish A.; Cowan, Don A. (Wiley, 2025-01)
    Plant detritus is abundant in grasslands but decomposes slowly and is relatively nutrient-poor, whereas animal carcasses are labile and nutrient-rich. Recent studies have demonstrated that labile nutrients from carcasses ...
  • De Jager, Deon; Moller, Marlo; Hoal, Eileen; Van Helden, Paul David; Glanzmann, Brigitte; Harper, Cindy Kim; Bloomer, Paulette (Wiley, 2025-01)
    The reduced cost of next-generation sequencing (NGS) has allowed researchers to generate nuclear and mitochondrial genome data to gain deeper insights into the phylogeography, evolutionary history and biology of non-model ...
  • Ramudingana, Phathutshedzo; Makhado, Ndivhuho; Kamutando, Casper Nyaradzai; Thantsha, Mapitsi Silvester; Mamphogoro, Tshifhiwa Paris (MDPI, 2025-01)
    Postharvest decay of vegetables and fruits presents a significant threat confronting sustainable food production worldwide, and in the recent times, applying synthetic fungicides has become the most popular technique of ...
  • Mulaudzi, Vhangani E.; Adeosun, Idowu J.; Adewumi, Adeniyi T.; Soliman, Mahmoud E.S.; Cosa, Sekelwa (MDPI, 2024-12-11)
    The progressive development of resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae to almost all available antibiotics has made it crucial to develop novel approaches to tackling multi-drug resistance (MDR). One of the primary causes ...
  • Holborn, Megan A.; Mellet, Juanita; Joubert, Fourie; Ballot, D.; Pepper, Michael Sean (Elsevier, 2025-04)
    Within the last decade, several studies have explored whether there might be a genetic component in hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) that influences susceptibility to or outcomes following hypoxic-ischaemic injury. ...

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