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  • PALM and STORM : unlocking live-cell super-resolution 
    Henriques, Ricardo; Griffiths, Caron; Rego, E. Hesper; Mhlanga, Musa M. (Wiley, 2011-05)
    Live-cell fluorescence light microscopy has emerged as an important tool in the study of cellular biology. The development of fluorescent markers in parallel with super-resolution imaging systems has pushed light microscopy ...
  • Pan-genome-wide analysis of Pantoea ananatis identified genes linked to pathogenicity in onion 
    Agarwal, Gaurav; Choudhary, Divya; Stice, Shaun P.; Myers, Brendon K.; Gitaitis, Ronald D.; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Kvitko, Brian H.; Dutta, Bhabesh (Frontiers Media, 2021-08-19)
    Pantoea ananatis, a gram negative and facultative anaerobic bacterium is a member of a Pantoea spp. complex that causes center rot of onion, which significantly affects onion yield and quality. This pathogen does not ...
  • The pandemic strain of Austropuccinia psidii causes myrtle rust in New Zealand and Singapore 
    Du Plessis, Erika Margarete; Granados, Ginna Marcela; Barnes, Irene; Ho, W.H.; Alexander, B.J.R.; Roux, Jolanda; McTaggart, Alistair R. (Springer, 2019-05)
    The myrtle rust pathogen, Austropuccinia psidii, was recently detected in New Zealand and Singapore. We used microsatellite markers to identify the strain of A. psidii that caused these incursions. Our results show that ...
  • Paraburkholderia strydomiana sp. nov. and Paraburkholderia steynii sp. nov.: rhizobial symbionts of the fynbos legume Hypocalyptus sophoroides 
    Beukes, Chrizelle Winsie; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Van Zyl, Elritha; Avontuur, Juanita R.; Chan, Wai Yin; Hassen, Ahmed Idris; Palmer, Marike; Mthombeni, Lunghile S.; Phalane, Francina L.; Sereme, T. Karabo; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas) (Springer, 2019-09)
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  • Paraburkholderia youngii sp. nov. and ‘ Paraburkholderia atlantica ’ – Brazilian and Mexican Mimosa -associated rhizobia that were previously known as Paraburkholderia tuberum sv. mimosae 
    Mavima, Lazarus; Beukes, Chrizelle Winsie; Palmer, Marike; De Meyer, Sofie E.; James, Euan K.; Maluk, Marta; Gross, Eduardo; Junior, Fabio Bueno dos Reis; Avontuur, Juanita R.; Chan, Wai Yin; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2021-01)
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  • Paramyxo- and coronaviruses in Rwandan bats 
    Markotter, Wanda; Geldenhuys, Marike; Jansen van Vuren, Petrus; Kemp, Alan; Mortlock, Marinda; Mudakikwa, Antoine; Nel, Louis Hendrik; Nziza, Julius; Paweska, Janusz Tadeusz; Weyer, Jacqueline (MDPI Publishing, 2019-07-02)
    A high diversity of corona- and paramyxoviruses have been detected in different bat species at study sites worldwide, including Africa, however no biosurveillance studies from Rwanda have been reported. In this study, ...
  • Parasite genetic diversity reflects continued residual malaria transmission in Vhembe District, a hotspot in the Limpopo Province of South Africa 
    Gwarinda, Hazel B.; Tessema, Sofonias K.; Raman, Jaishree; Greenhouse, Bryan; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie (BMC, 2021-02)
    BACKGROUND : South Africa aims to eliminate malaria transmission by 2023. However, despite sustained vector control efforts and case management interventions, the Vhembe District remains a malaria transmission hotspot. To ...
  • Partial purification and characterisation of two actinomycete tyrosinases and their application in cross-linking reactions 
    Le Roes-Hill, Marilize; Palmer, Zaida; Rohland, Jeffrey; Kirby, Bronwyn M.; Burton, Stephanie G. (Elsevier, 2015-12)
    Actinomycetes are a ubiquitous group of bacteria, and are hypothesised to produce tyrosinases for pro-tection against the potential toxic effect of phenolic compounds and for the production of melanin. In thisstudy, ...
  • Pathogen infection influences a distinct microbial community composition in sorghum RILs 
    Masenya, K.; Thompson, G.D.; Tekere, M.; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Rees, D.J.G. (Springer, 2021-06)
    AIMS: The rhizosphere microbiome substantially affects plant health, yet comparatively little is known regarding the foliar community dynamics. Here, we examine the relationship between the microbiota and their response to ...
  • Pathogenesis, biophysical stability and phenotypic variance of SAT2 foot-and-mouth disease virus 
    Ramulongo, Tovhowani Dapheny; Maree, Francois Frederick; Scott, Katherine; Opperman, Pamela Anne; Theron, Jacques (Elsevier, 2020-04)
    Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious vesicular disease of cloven-hoofed animals, which severely decreases livestock productivity. FMD virus (FMDV), the causative agent, initiates infection by interaction ...
  • Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions 
    Jactel, Herve; Desprez-Loustau, Marie-Laure; Battisti, Andrea; Brockerhoff, Eckehard; Santini, Alberto; Stenlid, Jan; Bjorkman, Christer; Branco, Manuela; Dehnen-Schmutz, Katharina; Douma, Jacob C.; Drakulic, Jassy; Drizou, Fryni; Eschen, Rene; Franco, Jose Carlos; Gossner, Martin M.; Green, Samantha; Kenis, Marc; Klapwijk, Maartje J.; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Orazio, Christophe; Prospero, Simone; Robinet, Christelle; Schroeder, Martin; Slippers, Bernard; Stoev, Pavel; Sun, Jianghua; Van den Dool, Robbert; Wingfield, Michael J.; Zalucki, Myron P. (Pensoft Publishers, 2020-07-10)
    The world’s forests have never been more threatened by invasions of exotic pests and pathogens, whose causes and impacts are reinforced by global change. However, forest entomologists and pathologists have, for too long, ...
  • Patterns of African and Asian admixture in the Afrikaner population of South Africa 
    N. Hollfelder; Erasmus, J.C. (Johannes Christoff); Hammaren, N.; Vicente, M.; Jakobsson, M.; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree); Schlebusch, C.M. (BioMed Central, 2020-02-24)
    BACKGROUND : The Afrikaner population of South Africa is the descendants of European colonists who started to colonize the Cape of Good Hope in the 1600s. In the early days of the colony, mixed unions between European ...
  • Pena–Shokeir syndrome : current management strategies and palliative care 
    Adam, Sumaiya; Coetzee, Melantha; Honey, Engela M. (Dove Medical Press, 2018)
    Pena–Shokeir syndrome (PSS) type 1, also known as fetal akinesia deformation sequence, is a rare genetic syndrome that almost always results in intrauterine or early neonatal death. It is characterized by markedly decreased ...
  • Penicillium diversity in Canadian bat caves, including a new species, P. speluncae 
    Visagie, Cobus M.; Yilmaz, Neriman; Vanderwolf, K.; Renaud, J.B.; Sumarah, M.W.; Houbraken, J.; Assebgui, R.; Seifert, K.A.; Malloch, D. (Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 2020-06)
    Penicillium species were commonly isolated during a fungal survey of bat hibernacula in New Brunswick and Quebec, Canada. Strains were isolated from arthropods, bats, rodents (i.e. the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus), ...
  • Phages actively challenge niche communities in Antarctic soils 
    Bezuidt, Keoagile Ignatius Oliver; Lebre, Pedro H.; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Leon-Sobrino, Carlos; Adriaenssens, Evelien M.; Cowan, Don A.; Van de Peer, Yves; Makhalanyane, Thulani P. (American Society for Microbiology, 2020-05-05)
    By modulating the structure, diversity, and trophic outputs of microbial communities, phages play crucial roles in many biomes. In oligotrophic polar deserts, the effects of katabatic winds, constrained nutrients, and ...
  • Pharmacogenetics of CYP2B6, CYP2A6 and UGT2B7 in HIV treatment in African populations : focus on efavirenz and nevirapine 
    Čolić, Antoinette; Alessandrini, Marco; Pepper, Michael Sean (Informa Healthcare, 2015-05)
    The CYP450 and UGT enzymes are involved in phase I and phase II metabolism of the majority of clinically prescribed drugs, including the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, efavirenz and nevirapine, used in ...
  • Phenolic compound degradation by Pseudomonas syringae phylogroup 2 strains 
    Otto, Margot; Hammerbacher, Almuth; Petersen, Yolanda; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Coutinho, Teresa A. (Springer, 2018-07)
    It has recently been shown that Pseudomonas syringae strains pathogenic to woody hosts belonging to phylogroup (PG) 2 lack phenolic compound degradation pathways such as the beta-ketoadipate and protocatechuate pathways. ...
  • Pheromones as management tools for non-Scolytinae Curculionidae : development and implementation considerations 
    Scheepers, Luki-Marie; Allison, Jeremy D.; Bouwer, Marc Clement; Rohwer, Egmont Richard; Slippers, Bernard (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2020)
    For the large family Curculionidae, the number of species considered pests is expected to increase due to global movement of plant and soil material, as well as climate change. Pheromones are increasingly popular for use ...
  • The phoma-like dilemma 
    Hou, L.W.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Pfenning, L.H.; Yarden, O.; Crous, Pedro W.; Cai, L. (Elsevier, 2020-06)
    Species of Didymellaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution and are geographically widespread, occurring in diverse ecosystems. The family includes several important plant pathogenic fungi associated with fruit, leaf, stem ...
  • Phylogenetic and phylogenomic analyses reveal two new genera and three new species of ophiostomatalean fungi from termite fungus combs 
    Nel, Wilma Janine; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Wingfield, Michael J.; Poulsen, Michael; Aanen, Duur K.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Duong, Tuan A. (Taylor and Francis, 2021)
    The Ophiostomatales (Ascomycota) accommodates more than 300 species characterized by similar morphological adaptations to arthropod dispersal. Most species in this order are wood-inhabiting fungi associated with bark or ...