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  • James E. Vanderplank : South African and globally recognised plant pathologist 
    Coutinho, Teresa A.; Drenth, Andre; Wingfield, Michael J. (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2020-11)
    James Edward Vanderplank, best known to plant pathologists globally simply as 'Vanderplank', is widely regarded as one of the world's most influential plant scientists. This recognition stems from his reputation as the ...
  • Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards rabies : a survey of the general population residing in the Harare Metropolitan Province of Zimbabwe 
    Spargo, Reverend M.; Coetzer, Andre; Makuvadze, Francis T.; Chikerema, Sylvester M.; Chiwerere, Vaida; Bhara, Esnath; Nel, Louis Hendrik (Public Library of Science, 2021-01)
    BACKGROUND: Rabies remains endemic to the Harare Metropolitan Province of Zimbabwe, with a lack of public participations potentially contributing to the limited success in eliminating the disease. We hypothesized that ...
  • Lactobacillus casei expressing Internalins A and B reduces Listeria monocytogenes interaction with Caco-2 cells in vitro 
    Mathipa, Moloko Gloria; Thantsha, Mapitsi Silvester; Bhunia, Arun K. (Wiley Open Access, 2019-07)
    Listeria monocytogenes has been implicated in a number of outbreaks including the recent largest outbreak in South Africa. Current methods for prevention of foodborne L. monocytogenes infection are inadequate, thus raising ...
  • Lagos bat virus in Kenya 
    Kuzmin, Ivan V.; Niezgoda, Michael; Franka, Richard; Agwanda, Bernard; Markotter, Wanda; Beagley, Janet C.; Urazova, Olga Yu; Breiman, Robert F.; Rupprecht, Charles Edward (American Society for Microbiology, 2008-04)
    During lyssavirus surveillance, 1,221 bats of at least 30 species were collected from 25 locations in Kenya. One isolate of Lagos bat virus (LBV) was obtained from a dead Eidolon helvum fruit bat. The virus was most similar ...
  • Lagos bat virus virulence in mice inoculated by the peripheral route 
    Markotter, Wanda; Kuzmin, Ivan V.; Rupprecht, Charles Edward; Nel, Louis Hendrik (Cambridge University Press, 2009-01)
    Lagos bat virus (LBV) constitutes genotype (gt) 2 in the Lyssavirus genus. In contrast to the gt1 lyssavirus, rabies virus (RABV), LBV was reported to have markedly reduced levels of peripheral pathogenicity. However, ...
  • A Lanosteryl triterpene (RA-3) exhibits antihyperuricemic and nephroprotective effects in rats 
    Hlophe, Nomadlozi Blessings; Opoku, Andrew Rowland; Osunsanmi, Foluso Oluwagbemiga; Djarova-Daniels, Trayana Georgieva; Lawal, Oladipupo Adejumobi; Mosa, Rebamang Anthony (MDPI, 2020-09)
    Considering the global health threat posed by kidney disease burden, a search for new nephroprotective drugs from our local flora could prove a powerful strategy to respond to this health threat. In this study we ...
  • The large universal Pantoea plasmid LPP-1 plays a major role in biological and ecological diversification 
    De Maayer, Pieter; Chan, Wai Yin; Blom, Jochen; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Duffy, Brion; Smits, Theo H.M.; Coutinho, Teresa A. (BioMed Central, 2012-11-15)
    BACKGROUND: Pantoea spp. are frequently isolated from a wide range of ecological niches and have various biological roles, as plant epi- or endophytes, biocontrol agents, plant-growth promoters or as pathogens of both plant ...
  • Large-scale generation and analysis of filamentous fungal DNA barcodes boosts coverage for kingdom fungi and reveals thresholds for fungal species and higher taxon delimitation 
    Vu, D.; Groenewald, M.; De Vries, M.; Gehrmann, T.; Stielow, B.; Eberhardt, U.; Al-Hatmi, A.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Cardinali, G.; Houbraken, J.; Boekhout, T.; Crous, Pedro W.; Robert, V.; Verkley, G.J.M. (Elsevier, 2019-03)
    Species identification lies at the heart of biodiversity studies that has in recent years favoured DNA-based approaches. Microbial Biological Resource Centres are a rich source for diverse and high-quality reference materials ...
  • LEA proteins and the evolution of the WHy domain 
    Mertens, Jasmin; Aliyu, Habibu; Cowan, Don A. (American Society for Microbiology, 2018-05)
    The LEA family is composed of a diverse collection of multi-domain and multi-functional proteins, found in all three Domains of the Tree of Life, but particularly common in plants. Most members of the family are known to ...
  • Lecanosticta acicola : a growing threat to expanding global pine forests and plantations 
    Van der Nest, Ariska; Wingfield, Michael J.; Janoušek, Josef; Barnes, Irene (British Society for Plant Pathology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2019-10)
    Lecanosticta acicola causes brown spot needle blight (BSNB) of Pinus species. The pathogen occurs mostly in the Northern Hemisphere but has also been reported in Central America and Colombia. BSNB can lead to stunted growth ...
  • Legume nodules from nutrient-poor soils exhibit high plasticity of cellular phosphorus recycling and conservation during variable phosphorus supply 
    Vardien, Waafeka; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Valentine, Alex J. (Elsevier, 2016-02)
    Nitrogen fixing legumes rely on phosphorus for nodule formation, nodule function and the energy costs of fixation. Phosphorus is however very limited in soils, especially in ancient sandstone-derived soils such as those ...
  • Leptospira and bats : story of an emerging friendship 
    Dietrich, Muriel; Muhldorfer, Kristin; Tortosa, Pablo; Markotter, Wanda (Public Library of Science, 2015-11-12)
    A growing number of recent studies have highlighted bats as a reservoir for Leptospira bacteria, pointing out the potential role of bats in the epidemiology of the most widespread zoonotic disease in the world [1]. Because ...
  • Lessons from a major pest invasion : the polyphagous shot hole borer in South Africa 
    Paap, Trudy; Wingfield, Michael J.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Roets, Francois (AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-11-26)
    The arrival and establishment of invasive forest pests can cause devastating environmental damage and great economic impact. For example, the cost over the past decade of dealing with the arrival of a single invasive beetle ...
  • Lifespan prolonging mechanisms and insulin upregulation without fat accumulation in long-lived reproductives of a higher termite 
    Seite, Sarah; Harrison, Mark C.; Sillam-Dusses, David; Lupoli, Roland; Van Dooren, Tom J.M.; Robert, Alain; Poissonnier, Laure-Anne; Lemainque, Arnaud; Renault, David; Acket, Sebastien; Andrieu, Muriel; Viscarra, Jose; Sul, Hei Sook; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Bornberg-Bauer, Erich; Vasseur-Cognet, Mireille (Nature Publishing, 2022-01)
    Kings and queens of eusocial termites can live for decades, while queens sustain a nearly maximal fertility. To investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying their long lifespan, we carried out transcriptomics, lipidomics ...
  • Light and electron microscope assessment of the lytic activity of Bacillus on Microcystis aeruginosa 
    Gumbo, Jabulani Ray; Cloete, T.E. (Thomas Eugene), 1958- (Academic Journals, 2011-08-03)
    During the screening of lytic bacteria, plaques were obtained on Microcystis lawns. In the plaques, at least five distinct morphotypes of bacteria were found. The plumb rod-shaped bacilli were the most abundant and were ...
  • Lignocellulose biodegradation : fundamentals and applications 
    Malherbe, Stephanus; Cloete, T.E. (Thomas Eugene), 1958- (Springer, 2002-06)
    Lignocelluloses are the building blocks of all plants and are ubiquitous to most regions of our planet. Their chemical properties make it a substrate of enormous biotechnological value. The basic chemistry of cellulose, ...
  • Limits of life and the habitability of Mars : the ESA space experiment BIOMEX on the ISS 
    De Vera, Jean-Pierre; Alawi, Mashal; Backhaus, Theresa; Baque, Mickael; Billi, Daniela; Bottger, Ute; Berger, Thomas; Bohmeier, Maria; Cockell, Charles; Demets, Rene; De la Torre Noetzel, Rosa; Edwards, Howell; Elsaesser, Andreas; Fagliarone, Claudia; Fiedler, Annelie; Foing, Bernard; Foucher, Frederic; Fritz, Jorg; Hanke, Franziska; Herzog, Thomas; Horneck, Gerda; Hubers, Heinz-Wilhelm; Huwe, Bjorn; Joshi, Jasmin; Kozyrovska, Natalia; Kruchten, Martha; Lasch, Peter; Lee, Natuschka; Leuko, Stefan; Leya, Thomas; Lorek, Andreas; Martınez-Frıas, Jesus; Meessen, Joachim; Moritz, Sophie; Moeller, Ralf; Olsson-Francis, Karen; Onofri, Silvano; Ott, Sieglinde; Pacelli, Claudia; Podolich, Olga; Rabbow, Elke; Reitz, Gunther; Rettberg, Petra; Reva, Oleg N.; Rothschild, Lynn; Sancho, Leo Garcia; Schulze-Makuch, Dirk; Selbmann, Laura; Serrano, Paloma; Szewzyk, Ulrich; Verseux, Cyprien; Wadsworth, Jennifer; Wagner, Dirk; Westall, Frances; Wolter, David; Zucconi, Laura (Mary Ann Liebert, 2019-02)
    BIOMEX (BIOlogy and Mars EXperiment) is an ESA/Roscosmos space exposure experiment housed within the exposure facility EXPOSE-R2 outside the Zvezda module on the International Space Station (ISS). The design of the ...
  • The Litsea genome and the evolution of the laurel family 
    Chen, Yi-Cun; Li, Zhen; Zhao, Yun-Xiao; Gao, Ming; Wang, Jie-Yu; Liu, Ke-Wei; Wang, Xue; Wu, Li-Wen; Jiao, Yu-Lian; Xu, Zi-Long; He, Wen-Guang; Zhang, Qi-Yan; Liang, Chieh-Kai; Hsiao, Yu-Yun; Zhang, Di-Yang; Lan, Si-Ren; Huang, Laiqiang; Xu, Wei; Tsai, Wen-Chieh; Liu, Zhong-Jian; Van de Peer, Yves; Wang, Yang-Dong (Nature Publishing Group, 2020-04-03)
    The laurel family within the Magnoliids has attracted attentions owing to its scents, variable inflorescences, and controversial phylogenetic position. Here, we present a chromosomelevel assembly of the Litsea cubeba ...
  • Local antagonism and resource partitioning between two invasive pine plantation pests 
    Wondafrash, Mesfin; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Garnas, Jeffrey R. (Wiley, 2019-08)
    The woodwasp Sirex noctilio Fabricius, native to Eurasia and North Africa, regularly co‐occurs with a North American origin Pissodes sp. on Pinus trees in South Africa. The nature of this co‐occurrence and potential impacts ...
  • Long non-coding RNAs in the human genome acquired by horizontal gene transfer 
    Pierneef, Rian Ewald; Clasen, Frederick Johannes; Bezuidt, Keoagile Ignatius Oliver; Reva, Oleg N. (Bentham Open, 2018)
    BACKGROUND : Horizontal gene transfer of mobile genetic elements is an essential component of prokaryotic evolution. These insertion events in eukaryotes and particularly in the human genome have been investigated by ...