• Root exudate compounds change the bacterial community in bulk soil 

  Afzal, Muhammad Yasir; Das, Bikram K.; Valappil, Vishnu Thayil; Scaria, Joy; Brözel, Volker Siegfried (Elsevier, 2024-06)

  The soil bacteria are diverse in nature both physiologically and phylogenetically with spatial variations within the soil microenvironments. Plant roots secrete organic substances called root exudates which benefit bacteria ...
• Leaf surface traits may influence host specificity in psyllids of Eucalyptus, Spondyliaspis cf. plicatuloides (Froggatt) and Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) 

  Makunde, Privilege Tungamirai; Joubert, Johannes Christoffel; Slippers, Bernard; Hurley, Brett P.; Hammerbacher, Almuth (Springer, 2023-08)

  Spondyliaspis cf. plicatuloides and Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) are invasive insect pests of Eucalyptus, native to Australia. The insects feed on eucalypt sap, and both psyllid species exhibit clear ...
• Ligand-guided investigation of a series of formamidine-based thiuram disulfides as potential dual-inhibitors of COX-1and COX-2 

  Oladipo, Segun D.; Akinpelu, Olayinka I.; Omondi, Bernard (Wiley, 2023-01)

  A series of thiuram disulfides 1–6 which had been previously synthesized and characterized, were studied for their potential therapeutic properties. Target-fishing analyses through HitPick and SwissTarget prediction ...
• Pathogenicity of Chrysoporthe deuterocubensis on eucalypts in Indonesia 

  Tarigan, Marthin; Wingfield, Michael J.; Jami, Fahimeh; Marpaung, Yosep MAN; Durán, Alvaro; Pham, Nam Q. (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2024)

  Several economically important pathogens, including species of Chrysoporthe, pose a threat to the rapidly expanding eucalypt plantation industry in Southeast Asia. During 2019 disease surveys in Riau and Kalimantan ...
• Detection and genome sequencing of lumpy skin disease viruses in wildlife game species in South Africa 

  Van Schalkwyk, Antoinette; Kara, Pravesh Deepak; Last, Robert D.; Romito, Marco; Wallace, David Brian (MDPI, 2024-01)

  Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) has recently undergone rapid spread, now being reported from more than 80 countries, affecting predominantly cattle and to a lesser extent, water buffalo. This poxvirus was previously ...
• Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? A call for community participation in the governance of the SeqCode 

  Sutcliffe, Iain; Rodriguez-R, Luis M.; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Whitman, William B. (Elsevier, 2024-05)

  Codes of nomenclature that provide well-regulated and stable frameworks for the naming of taxa are a fundamental underpinning of biological research. These Codes themselves require systems that govern their administration, ...
• SeqCode facilitates naming of South African rhizobia left in limbo 

  Van Lill, Melandre; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Muema, Esther K.; Palmer, Marike; Chan, Wai Yin; Beukes, Chrizelle W.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Elsevier, 2024-05)

  South Africa is well-known for the diversity of its legumes and their nitrogen-fixing bacterial symbionts. However, in contrast to their plant partners, remarkably few of these microbes (collectively referred to as rhizobia) ...
• Development of a multi-strain Bacillus probiotic for poultry production 

  Ramlucken, Uraisha (University of Pretoria, 2020-03)

  The global demand for poultry products is continuously growing, therefore the poultry industry requires fast growth and high stocking densities to enhance production efficiency. These conditions impact negatively on ...
• Metaviromic characterization of betaflexivirus populations associated with a Vitis cultivar collection in South Africa 

  Read, David Alan; Thompson, Genevieve D.; Swanevelder, Dirk Z.H.; Pietersen, Gerhard (MDPI, 2023-06-29)

  South Africa is associated with a centuries-old viticultural industry, accompanied by a diverse range of wine and table grape cultivars and an extensive history of pervasive introductions of vine material and associated ...
• Eelgrass Zostera capensis populations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, harbour distinct genomic signals despite limited geographical distance 

  Smit, S. Engela; Henriques, Romina; Jackson, Megan; Taylor, Ricky; Vivier, Leon; Von der Heyden, Sophie (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2023)

  Seagrasses are threatened by anthropogenic stressors and climate change, with numerous population declines reported. In South Africa, the eelgrass Zostera capensis is restricted to estuarine environments and has a disjunct ...
• Whole-genome duplications and the long-term evolution of gene regulatory networks in angiosperms 

  Almeida-Silva, Fabricio; Van de Peer, Yves (Oxford University Press, 2023-07)

  Angiosperms have a complex history of whole-genome duplications (WGDs), with varying numbers and ages of WGD events across clades. These WGDs have greatly affected the composition of plant genomes due to the biased retention ...
• Genomic insights into adaptation to Karst limestone and incipient speciation in East Asian Platycarya spp. (Juglandaceae) 

  Cao, Yu; Almeida-Silva, Fabricio; Zhang, Wei-Ping; Ding, Ya-Mei; Bai, Dan; Bai, Wei-Ning; Zhang, Bo-Wen; Van de Peer, Yves; Zhang, Da-Yong (Oxford University Press, 2023-06)

  When challenged by similar environmental conditions, phylogenetically distant taxa often independently evolve similar traits (convergent evolution). Meanwhile, adaptation to extreme habitats might lead to divergence between ...
• In silico and in vitro assessment of the anti-β-amyloid aggregation and anti-cholinesterase activities of Ptaeroxylon obliquum and Bauhinia bowkeri extracts 

  Ojo, Michael C.; Mosa, Rebamang Anthony; Osunsanmi, Foluso O.; Revaprasadu, Neerish; Opoku, Andy R. (Elsevier, 2024-03)

  BACKGROUND : Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and dementia constitutes the fifth leading cause of mortality across the globe. Available treatment modalities and drugs have abysmally failed to ...
• Bioactive peptides from African yam (AVIAIMF and GPADPF) and taro (NGDF and NGNW) reveal multifunctional antidiabetic effects using biochemical and cellular models 

  Ibrahim, Mohammed Auwal; Serem, June Cheptoo; Abdullahi, Aliyu Dantani; Aminu, Suleiman; Aliyu, Abubakar Babando; Musa, Aliyu Muhammad; Musa, Bashir; Bester, Megan; Gaspar, A.R.M. (Anabella Regina Marques) (Springer, 2023-04)

  The multifactorial nature of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has driven a need to discover multifunctional antidiabetic peptides preferably from functional food sources for possible application as antidiabetic supplements. ...
• Benthic foraminiferal patchiness-revisited 

  Schonfeld, Joachim; Glock, Nicolaas; Asteman, Irina Polovodova; Roy, Alexandra-Sophie; Warren, Marie; Weissenbach, Julia; Wukovits, Julia (Copernicus Publications, 2023-11-03)

  Many benthic organisms show aggregated distribution patterns due to the spatial heterogeneity of niches or food availability. In particular, high-abundance patches of benthic foraminifera have been reported that extend ...
• A critically endangered Proteaceae in the Cape florisitic region threatened by an invasive pathogen 

  Paap, Trudy; Nndanduleni, Mashudu; Wingfield, Michael J. (South African National Biodiversity Institute, 2023-03-29)

  BACKGROUND : Sorocephalus imbricatus (Thunb.) R.Br. is a range-restricted species endemic to the Cape Floristic Region (CFR), South Africa. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered in accordance with the IUCN ...
• Genetic diversity of Lecanosticta acicola in Pinus ecosystems in northern Spain 

  Mesanza, Nebai; Barnes, Irene; Van der Nest, Ariska; Raposo, Rosa; Berbegal, Monica; Iturritxa, Eugenia (MDPI, 2023-06-09)

  Lecanosticta acicola is one of the most damaging species affecting Pinus radiata plantations in Spain. Favourable climatic conditions and unknown endogenous factors of the pathogen and host led to a situation of high ...
• Fungal diversity associated with thirty-eight lichen species revealed a new genus of endolichenic fungi, Intumescentia gen. nov. (Teratosphaeriaceae) 

  Si, Hongli; Wang, Yichen; Liu, Yanyu; Li, Shiguo; Bose, Tanay; Chang, Runlei (MDPI, 2023-03-29)

  Fungi from the Teratosphaeriaceae (Mycosphaerellales; Dothideomycetes; Ascomycota) have a wide range of lifestyles. Among these are a few species that are endolichenic fungi. However, the known diversity of endolichenic ...
• Evidence of biparental mitochondrial inheritance from self-fertile crosses between closely related species of Ceratocystis 

  Van der Walt, Daniella; Steenkamp, Vanessa; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wilken, Pieter Markus (MDPI, 2023-06-19)

  Hybridization is recognized as a notable driver of evolution and adaptation, which closely related species may exploit in the form of incomplete reproductive barriers. Three closely related species of Ceratocystis (i.e., ...
• Clonal expansion in multiple Phyllosticta species causing citrus black spot or similar symptoms in China 

  Wang, Wen; Xiong, Tao; Zeng, Yating; Li, Wenwen; Jiao, Chen; Xu, Jianping; Li, Hongye (MDPI, 2023-04-06)

  Phyllosticta spp. are important pathogens of citrus plants. Several Phyllosticta species associated with Citrus species grown in China have been reported; however, the relative prevalences of individual species and the ...

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