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  • An artificial inoculation protocol for Uromycladium acaciae, cause of a serious disease of Acacia mearnsii in southern Africa 
    Fraser, Stuart; McTaggart, Alistair R.; Chan, Julian Moreno; Nxumalo, Thobile; Shuey, Louise S.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2019)
    Uromycladium acaciae is the cause of a severe wattle rust epidemic in plantations of Acacia mearnsii (black wattle) in southern Africa. Research on the biology of this damaging rust is assisting in the development of control ...
  • ASP-G : an ASP-based method for finding attractors in genetic regulatory networks 
    Mushthofa, Mushthofa; Torres, Gustavo; Van de Peer, Yves; Marchal, Kathleen; De Cock, Martine; Valencia, Alfonso (Oxford University Press, 2014-07-15)
    MOTIVATION : Boolean network models are suitable to simulate gene regulatory networks (GRNs) in the absence of detailed kinetic information. However, reducing the biological reality implies making assumptions on how ...
  • Assessment of genome-wide DArT-seq markers for tea Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze germplasm analysis 
    Malebe, Pelly Masixolise; Mphangwe, N.I.K.; Myburg, Alexander Andrew; Apostolides, Zeno (Springer, 2019-06)
    Tea is the world’s most consumed beverage, next to water. This makes it an economically important crop. However, the genetic relationship between the cultivars at the Tea Research Foundation of Central Africa (TRFCA) have ...
  • Assessment of temporal and spatial evolution of bacterial communities in a biological sand filter mesocosm treating winery wastewater 
    Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Welz, Pamela J.; Tuffin, Marla I.; Burton, Stephanie G.; Cowan, Don A. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)
    AIMS : To assess the impact of winery wastewater (WW) on biological sand filter (BSF) bacterial community structures, and to evaluate whether BSFs can constitute alternative and valuable treatment- processes to remediate ...
  • Association between AFLP-based genetic distance and hybrid performance in tropical maize 
    Kiula, Barnabas Anthony; Lyimo, N.G.; Botha, Anna-Maria (Blackwell, 2008-04)
    Please refer to abstract in the article
  • Association of type and location of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations with risk of breast and ovarian cancer 
    Rebbeck, Timothy R.; Mitra, Ruchira; Wan, F.; Sinilnikova, Olga M.; Healey, Sue; McGuffog, Lesley; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Easton, Douglas F.; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Nathanson, Katherine L.; Laitman, Yael; Kushnir, A.; Paluch-Shimon, S.; Berger, R.; Zidan, Jamal; Friedman, Eitan; Ehrencrona, Hans; Stenmark-Askmalm, Marie; Einbeigi, Zakaria; Loman, Niklas; Harbst, K.; Rantala, Johanna; Melin, B.; Huo, Dezheng; Olopade, O.I.; Seldon, J.; Ganz, Patricia A.; Nussbaum, Robert L.; Chan, S.B.; Odunsi, Kunle; Gayther, Simon; Domchek, Susan M.; Arun, Banu K.; Lu, Karen H.; Mitchell, Graham; Karlan, Beth Y.; Walsh, Christine; Lester, Jenny; Godwin, Andrew K.; Pathak, H.,; Ross, E.; Daly, Mary B.; Whittemore, Alice S.; John, Esther M.; Miron, Alexander; Terry, Mary Beth; Chung, Wendy K.; Goldgar, David E.; Buys, Saundra S.; Janavičius, R.; Tihomirova, Laima; Tung, Nadine; Dorfling, Cecilia Maria; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth (American Medical Association, 2015-04)
    IMPORTANCE : Limited information about the relationship between specific mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) and cancer risk exists. OBJECTIVE : To identify mutation-specific cancer risks for carriers of BRCA1/2. DESIGN, ...
  • Autophagy efficacy and vitamin D status : population effects 
    Abhimanyu; Meyer, Vanessa; Jones, Brandon R.; Bornman, Liza (Elsevier, 2020-06)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Bacterial nitrogen fixation in sand bioreactors treating winery wastewater with a high carbon to nitrogen ratio 
    Welz, Pamela J.; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste; Braun, Lorenz; Vikram, Surendra; Le Roes-Hill, Marilize (Elsevier, 2018-02)
    Heterotrophic bacteria proliferate in organic-rich environments and systems containing sufficient essential nutrients. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are the nutrients required in the highest concentrations. The ratio ...
  • Balancing redox cofactor generation and ATP synthesis : key microaerobic responses in thermophilic fermentations 
    Loftie-Eaton, Wesley; Taylor, Mark; Horne, Kerry; Tuffin, Marla I.; Burton, Stephanie G.; Cowan, Don A. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013-04)
    Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius is a Gram-positive, thermophilic bacterium capable of ethanologenic fermentation of both C5 and C6 sugars and may have possible use for commercial bioethanol production [Tang et al., 2009; ...
  • Biocontrol opportunities to study microevolution in invasive populations 
    Yek, Sze Huei; Slippers, Bernard (Elsevier, 2014-08)
    No abstract available.
  • Biogeography of bacterial communities in hot springs : a focus on the actinobacteria 
    Valverde, Angel; Tuffin, Marla I.; Cowan, Don A. (Springer, 2012-07)
    Actinobacteria are ubiquitous in soil, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Although various studies have focused on the microbial ecology of this phylum, data are scant on the ecology of actinobacteria endemic to hot springs. ...
  • Biology and host preference of Selitrichodes neseri : a potential biological control agent of the Eucalyptus gall wasp, Leptocybe invasa 
    Dittrich-Schroder, Gudrun; Harney, Marlene; Neser, S. (Stefanus), 1942-; Joffe, Tanya; Bush, Samantha J.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Wingfield, Michael J.; Slippers, Bernard (Elsevier, 2014-11)
    Selitrichodes neseri (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is a parasitoid of the invasive gall-forming wasp Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), which has caused serious damage to Eucalyptus plantations in many parts of the ...
  • Black root rot : a long known but little understood disease 
    Nel, Wilma Janine; Duong, Tuan A.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Wingfield, Michael J. (Wiley, 2019-06)
    Black root rot caused by the pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola has been known since the mid 1800s. The disease is important on many agricultural and ornamental plant species and has been found in at least 31 countries. Since ...
  • Botanical gardens as key resources and hazards for biosecurity 
    Wondafrash, Mesfin; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wilson, John R.U.; Hurley, Brett Phillip; Slippers, Bernard; Paap, Trudy (Springer, 2021-06)
    Biodiversity and economic losses resulting from invasive plant pests and pathogens are increasing globally. For these impacts and threats to be managed effectively, appropriate methods of surveillance, detection and ...
  • Both mating types in the heterothallic fungus Ophiostoma quercus contain MAT1-1 and MAT1-2 genes 
    Wilken, Pieter Markus; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Hall, Tracy A.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Elsevier, 2012)
    In heterothallic Ascomycota, two opposite but distinct mating types control all sexual processes. Using mating crosses, mating types were assigned to ten isolates of the heterothallic fungal species Ophiostoma quercus. ...
  • Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Acacia heterophylla (La Réunion) and Acacia koa (Hawaii) 
    Jami, Fahimeh; Marincowitz, Seonju; Slippers, Bernard; Crous, Pedro W.; Le Roux, Johannes J.; Richardson, David M.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Elsevier, 2019-11)
    Acacia koa and A. heterophylla are commonly occurring native trees on the Hawaiian Islands and La Réunion, respectively. A recent phylogenetic study suggested that A. heterophylla renders A. koa paraphyletic, and that the ...
  • Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Terminalia catappa in Cameroon, South Africa and Madagascar 
    Begoude, Didier (Aime Didier B.); Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda (Springer, 2010-03)
    Species in the Botryosphaeriaceae represent some of the most important fungal pathogens of woody plants. Although these fungi have been relatively well studied on economically important crops, hardly anything is known ...
  • Botryosphaeriaceae on Syzygium cordatum across a latitudinal gradient in South Africa 
    Vivas, Maria; Mehl, James William Montague; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda; Slippers, Bernard (Elsevier, 2021-09)
    The Botryosphaeriaceae is a family of endophytic fungi, many of which are latent pathogens of woody plants. Although extensively sampled in some parts of the world, little is known regarding their occurrence across different ...
  • Bradyrhizobium altum sp. nov., Bradyrhizobium oropedii sp. nov. and Bradyrhizobium acaciae sp. nov. from South Africa show locally restricted and pantropical nodA phylogeographic patterns 
    Avontuur, Juanita R.; Palmer, Marike; Beukes, Chrizelle Winsie; Chan, Wai Yin; Tasiya, Taponeswa; Van Zyl, Elritha; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Stepkowski, Tomasz; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2022-02)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic sequence variants in women of African origin or ancestry 
    Friebel, Tara M.; Andrulis, Irene L.; Balmana, Judith; Blanco, Amie M.; Couch, Fergus J.; Daly, Mary B.; Domchek, Susan M.; Easton, Douglas F.; Foulkes, William D.; Ganz, Patricia A.; Garber, Judy; Glendon, Gord; Greene, Mark H.; Hulick, Peter J.; Isaacs, Claudine; Jankowitz, Rachel C.; Karlan, Beth Y.; Kirk, Judy; Kwong, Ava; Lee, Annette; Lesueur, Fabienne; Lu, Karen H.; Nathanson, Katherine L.; Neuhausen, Susan L.; Offit, Kenneth; Palmero, Edenir I.; Sharma, Priyanka; Tischkowitz, Marc; Toland, Amanda Ewart; Tung, Nadine; Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth; Vega, Ana; Weitzel, Jeffrey N.; GEMO Study Collaborators; Hoskins, Kent F.; Maga, Tara; Parsons, Michael T.; McGuffog, Lesley; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Huo, Dezheng; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. (Wiley, 2019-10)
    BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) pathogenic sequence variants (PSVs) confer elevated risks of multiple cancers. However, most BRCA1/2 PSVs reports focus on European ancestry individuals. Knowledge of the PSV distribution in African ...