Browsing Research Articles (Biochemistry) by UP Author "Makhalanyane, Thulani P."

Browsing Research Articles (Biochemistry) by UP Author "Makhalanyane, Thulani P."

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  • Agulhas Current properties shape microbial community diversity and potential functionality 
    Phoma, Sandra; Vikram, Surendra; Jansson, Janet K.; Ansorge, Isabelle J.; Cowan, Don A.; Van de Peer, Yves; Makhalanyane, Thulani P. (Nature Publising Group, 2018-07-12)
    Understanding the impact of oceanographic features on marine microbial ecosystems remains a major ecological endeavour. Here we assess microbial diversity, community structure and functional capacity along the Agulhas ...
  • Draft genome sequence of Thermoactinomyces sp. strain AS95 isolated from a Sebkha in Thamelaht, Algeria 
    Bezuidt, Keoagile Ignatius Oliver; Gomri, Mohamed A.; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Van Goethem, Marc W.; Kharroub, Karima; Cowan, Don A.; Makhalanyane, Thulani P. (Genomic Standards Consortium, 2016-09-09)
    The members of the genus Thermoactinomyces are known for their protein degradative capacities. Thermoactinomyces sp. strain AS95 is a Gram-positive filamentous bacterium, isolated from moderately saline water in the ...
  • The Geobacillus pan-genome : implications for the evolution of the genus 
    Bezuidt, Keoagile Ignatius Oliver; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Gomri, Amin M.; Adesioye, Fiyinfoluwa Adenike; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Kharroub, Karima; Cowan, Don A. (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2016-05-24)
    The genus Geobacillus is comprised of a diverse group of spore-forming Gram-positive thermophilic bacterial species and is well known for both its ecological diversity and as a source of novel thermostable enzymes. ...
  • The gut mycobiota of rural and urban individuals is shaped by geography 
    Kabwe, Mubanga Helen; Vikram, Surendra; Mulaudzi, Khodani; Jansson, Janet K.; Makhalanyane, Thulani P. (BioMed Central, 2020-08-17)
    BACKGROUND : Understanding the structure and drivers of gut microbiota remains a major ecological endeavour. Recent studies have shown that several factors including diet, lifestyle and geography may substantially shape ...
  • Increased temperatures alter viable microbial biomass, ammonia oxidizing bacteria and extracellular enzymatic activities in Antarctic soils 
    Barnard, Sebastian; Van Goethem, Marc W.; De Scally, S.Z. (Storme); Cowan, Don A.; Jansen van Rensburg, Peet; Claassens, Sarina; Makhalanyane, Thulani P. (Oxford University Press, 2020-04)
    The effects of temperature on microorganisms in high latitude regions, and their possible feedbacks in response to change, are unclear. Here, we assess microbial functionality and composition in response to a substantial ...
  • Islands in the sand : are all hypolithic microbial communities the same? 
    Lebre, Pedro H.; Bottos, Eric; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Hogg, Ian D.; Cowan, Don A. (Oxford University Press, 2021-01)
    Hypolithic microbial communities (hypolithons) are complex assemblages of phototrophic and heterotrophic organisms associated with the ventral surfaces of translucent minerals embedded in soil surfaces. Past studies on the ...
  • Microbial nitrogen cycling in antarctic soils 
    Ortiz, Maximiliano; Bosch, Jason; Coclet, Clement; Johnson, Jenny; Lebre, Pedro H.; Salawu-Rotimi, Adeola; Vikram, Surendra; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Cowan, Don A. (MDPI, 2020-09)
    The Antarctic continent is widely considered to be one of the most hostile biological habitats on Earth. Despite extreme environmental conditions, the ice-free areas of the continent, which constitute some 0.44% of the ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • A reservoir of ‘historical’ antibiotic resistance genes in remote pristine Antarctic soils 
    Van Goethem, Marc W.; Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Bezuidt, Keoagile Ignatius Oliver; Van de Peer, Yves; Cowan, Don A.; Makhalanyane, Thulani P. (BioMed Central, 2018-02-23)
    BACKGROUND : Soil bacteria naturally produce antibiotics as a competitive mechanism, with a concomitant evolution, and exchange by horizontal gene transfer, of a range of antibiotic resistance mechanisms. Surveys of ...
  • Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria 
    Murray, Alison E.; Freudenstein, John; Gribaldo, Simonetta; Hatzenpichler, Roland; Hugenholtz, Philip; Kampfer, Peter; Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T.; Lane, Christopher E.; Papke, R. Thane; Parks, Donovan H.; Rossello-Mora, Ramon; Stott, Matthew B.; Sutcliffe, Iain C.; Thrash, J. Cameron; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Whitman, William B.; Acinas, Silvia G.; Amann, Rudolf I.; Anantharaman, Karthik; Armengaud, Jean; Baker, Brett J.; Barco, Roman A.; Bode, Helge B.; Boyd, Eric S.; Brady, Carrie Louise; Carini, Paul; Chain, Patrick S.G.; Colman, Daniel R.; DeAngelis, Kristen M.; De los Rios, Maria Asuncion; Estrada-de los Santos, Paulina; Dunlap, Christopher A.; Eisen, Jonathan A.; Emerson, David; Ettema, Thijs J.G.; Eveillard, Damien; Girguis, Peter R.; Hentschel, Ute; Hollibaugh, James T.; Hug, Laura A.; Inskeep, William P.; Ivanova, Elena P.; Klenk, Hans-Peter; Li, Wen-Jun; Lloyd, Karen G.; Loffler, Frank E.; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Moser, Duane P.; Nunoura, Takuro; Palmer, Marike; Parro, Victor; Pedrós-Alio, Carlos; Probst, Alexander J.; Smits, Theo H.M.; Steen, Andrew D.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Spang, Anja; Stewart, Frank J.; Tiedje, James M.; Vandamme, Peter; Wagner, Michael; Wang, Feng-Ping; Yarza, Pablo; Hedlund, Brian P.; Reysenbach, Anna-Louise (Nature Research, 2020-06-08)
    The assembly of single-amplified genomes (SAGs) and metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) has led to a surge in genome-based discoveries of members affiliated with Archaea and Bacteria, bringing with it a need to develop ...
  • Structural characterization and directed evolution of a novel acetyl xylan esterase reveals thermostability determinants of the carbohydrate esterase 7 family 
    Adesioye, Fiyinfoluwa Adenike; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Vikram, Surendra; Sewell, Bryan T.; Schubert, Wolf-Dieter; Cowan, Don A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2018-04)
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