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  • Global trends and opportunities for development of African research universities 
    Slippers, Bernard; Vogel, Coleen H.; Fioramonti, Lorenzo (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-01)
    It has been more than a decade since Jamil Salmi, former tertiary education coordinator at the World Bank, published his influential report Constructing Knowledge Societies: New Challenges for Tertiary Education.1 In ...
  • Gone with the wind : microbial communities associated with dust from emissive farmlands 
    Salawu-Rotimi, Adeola; Lebre, Pedro H.; Vos, Heleen Cornelia; Fister, Wolfgang; Kuhn, Nikolaus; Eckardt, Frank D.; Cowan, Don A. (Springer, 2021-11)
    Dust is a major vehicle for the dispersal of microorganisms across the globe. While much attention has been focused on microbial dispersal in dust plumes from major natural dust sources, very little is known about the ...
  • Grasses as a refuge for Fusarium circinatum L. – evidence from South Africa 
    Herron, Darryl A.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Fru, Felix Fon; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2020)
    Fusarium circinatum L. is an important pathogen in countries that grow and manage Pinus species. Approximately 50% or 600 000 ha of South Africa’s commercial plantations are planted to Pinus spp. and some of these are ...
  • Growth and extended survival of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 in soil organic matter 
    NandaKafle, Gitanjali; Christie, Amy A.; Vilain, Sebastien; Brözel, Volker Siegfried (Frontiers Media, 2018)
    Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli such as serotype O157:H7 are a leading cause of food-associated outbreaks. While the primary reservoir is associated with cattle, plant foods have been associated as sources of human ...
  • The gut microbiomes of two Pachysoma MacLeay desert dung beetle species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) feeding on different diets 
    Franzini, Philippa Z.N.; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Scholtz, Clarke H.; Sole, Catherine L.; Ronca, Sandra; Cowan, Don A. (Public Library of Science, 2016-08-17)
    Micro-organisms inhabiting animal guts benefit from a protected and nutrient-rich environment while assisting the host with digestion and nutrition. In this study we compare, for the first time, the bacterial and fungal ...
  • 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 ...
  • Gymnosporangium species on Malus : species delineation, diversity and host alternation 
    Zhao, p.; Qi, X.H.; Crous, Pedro W.; Duan, W.J.; Cai, L. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2020-01-10)
    Gymnosporangium species (Pucciniaceae, Pucciniales, Basidiomycota) are the causal agents of cedarapple rust diseases, which can lead to significant economic losses to apple cultivars. Currently, the genus contains 17 ...
  • H3K36 methylation reprograms gene expression to drive early gametocyte development in Plasmodium falciparum 
    Connacher, Jessica I.; Josling, Gabrielle A.; Orchard, Lindsey M.; Reader, Janette; Llinas, Manuel; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie (BMC, 2021-04)
    BACKGROUND : The Plasmodium sexual gametocyte stages are the only transmissible form of the malaria parasite and are thus responsible for the continued transmission of the disease. Gametocytes undergo extensive functional ...
  • Habitat heterogeneity and connectivity shape microbial communities in South American peatlands 
    Oloo, Felix; Valverde, Angel; Quiroga, Maria Victoria; Vikram, Surendra; Cowan, Don A.; Mataloni, Gabriela (Nature Publishing Group, 2016-05-10)
    Bacteria play critical roles in peatland ecosystems. However, very little is known of how habitat heterogeneity affects the structure of the bacterial communities in these ecosystems. Here, we used amplicon sequencing ...
  • A haploid system of sex determination in the brown alga Ectocarpus sp. 
    Ahmed, Sophia; Cock, J. Mark; Pessia, Eugenie; Luthringer, Remy; Cormier, Alexandre; Robuchon, Marine; Sterck, Lieven; Peters, Akira F.; Dittami, Simon M.; Corre, Erwan; Valero, Myriam; Aury, Jean-Marc; Roze, Denis; Van de Peer, Yves; Bothwell, John; Marais, Gabriel A.B.; Coelho, Susana M. (Elsevier, 2014-09)
    BACKGROUND : A common feature of most genetic sex-determination systems studied so far is that sex is determined by nonrecombining genomic regions, which can be of various sizes depending on the species. These regions have ...
  • Haplotype-resolved genome assembly and allele-specific gene expression in cultivated ginger 
    Cheng, Shi-Ping; Jia, Kai-Hua; Liu, Hui; Zhang, Ren-Gang; Li, Zhi-Chao; Zhou, Shan-Shan; Shi, Tian-Le; Ma, Ai-Chu; Yu, Cong-Wen; Gao, Chan; Cao, Guang-Lei; Zhao, Wei; Nie, Shuai; Guo, Jing-Fang; Jiao, Si-Qian; Tian, Xue-Chan; Yan, Xue-Mei; Bao, Yu-Tao; Yun, Quan-Zheng; Wang, Xin-Zhu; Porth, Ilga; El-Kassaby, Yousry A.; Wang, Xiao-Ru; Li, Zhen; Van de Peer, Yves; Mao, Jian-Feng (Springer Nature, 2021-08)
    Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is one of the most valued spice plants worldwide; it is prized for its culinary and folk medicinal applications and is therefore of high economic and cultural importance. Here, we present a ...
  • Hardwood tree genomics : unlocking woody plant biology 
    Tuskan, Gerald A.; Groover, Andrew T.; Schmutz, Jeremy; DiFazio, Stephen Paul; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Grattapaglia, Dario; Smart, Lawrence B.; Yin, Tongming; Aury, Jean-Marc; Kremer, Antoine; Leroy, Thibault; Le Provost, Gregoire; Plomion, Christophe; Carlson, John E.; Randall, Jennifer; Westbrook, Jared; Grimwood, Jane; Muchero, Wellington; Jacobson, Daniel; Michener, Joshua K. (Frontiers Media, 2018-12-17)
    Woody perennial angiosperms (i.e., hardwood trees) are polyphyletic in origin and occur in most angiosperm orders. Despite their independent origins, hardwoods have shared physiological, anatomical, and life history ...
  • Harmonising the fields of invasion science and forest pathology 
    Paap, Trudy; Wingfield, Michael J.; Burgess, Treena I.; Hulbert, J.M. (Joey); Santini, Alberto (Pensoft Publishers, 2020-10-15)
    Invasive alien species are widely recognised as significant drivers of global environmental change, with far reaching ecological and socio-economic impacts. The trend of continuous increases in first records, with no ...
  • Harnessing the potential of precision pest management in plantation forests 
    Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Allison, Jeremy D. (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2020)
    There are numerous new and emerging technologies that allow for greater precision in forest pest management, from sequencing and chemical analyses to data collection through smart technologies, and integration, analysis ...
  • The healthy human blood microbiome : fact or fiction? 
    Castillo, Diego J.; Rifkin, Riaan F.; Cowan, Don A.; Potgieter, Marnie (Frontiers Media, 2019-05-08)
    The blood that flows perpetually through our veins and arteries performs numerous functions essential to our survival. Besides distributing oxygen, this vast circulatory system facilitates nutrient transport, deters ...
  • hfAIM : a reliable bioinformatics approach for in silico genome-wide identification of autophagy-associated Atg8-interacting motifs in various organisms 
    Xie, Qingjun; Tzfadia, Oren; Levy, Matan; Weithorn, Efrat; Peled-Zehavi, Hadas; Van Parys, Thomas; Van de Peer, Yves; Galili, Gad (Taylor and Francis, 2016-02)
    Most of the proteins that are specifically turned over by selective autophagy are recognized by the presence of short Atg8 interacting motifs (AIMs) that facilitate their association with the autophagy apparatus. Such ...
  • Hierarchical transcriptional control regulates Plasmodium falciparum sexual differentiation 
    Van Biljon, Riette Andele; Van Wyk, Roelof Daniel Jacobus; Painter, Heather J.; Orchard, Lindsey; Reader, Janette; Niemand, Jandeli; Llinas, Manuel; Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie (BioMed Central, 2019-12)
    BACKGROUND : Malaria pathogenesis relies on sexual gametocyte forms of the malaria parasite to be transmitted between the infected human and the mosquito host but the molecular mechanisms controlling gametocytogenesis ...
  • High diversity of Diaporthe species associated with pear shoot canker in China 
    Guo, Y.S.; Crous, Pedro W.; Bai, Q.; Fu, M.; Yang, M.M.; Wang, X.H.; Du, Y.M.; Hong, N.; Xu, W.X.; Wang, G.P. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2020-02-06)
    Species of Diaporthe (syn. Phomopsis) are important endophytes, saprobes and pathogens, infecting a wide range of plants and resulting in important crop diseases. However, the species occurring on pear remain largely unresolved. ...
  • High diversity, inbreeding and a dynamic Pleistocene demographic history revealed by African buffalo genomes 
    De Jager, Deon; Glanzmann, Brigitte; Möller, Marlo; Hoal, Eileen; Van Helden, Paul; Harper, Cindy Kim; Bloomer, Paulette (Nature Research, 2021)
    Genomes retain records of demographic changes and evolutionary forces that shape species and populations. Remnant populations of African bufalo (Syncerus cafer) in South Africa, with varied histories, provide an opportunity ...
  • High genetic diversity of Fusarium circinatum associated with the first outbreak of pitch canker on Pinus patula in South Africa 
    Fru, Felix Fon; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2019)
    The disease known as pitch canker results from infection of Pinus species by the fungus Fusarium circinatum. This fungus also causes a serious root disease of Pinus seedlings and cuttings in forestry nurseries. Pinus radiata ...