Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
Cloete, TE
MSc(UV) DSc(Pret) - Professor and Head
NRF Rating: B3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3265
Fax number: 012 420 3266
E-mail address: eugene.cloete@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Environmental biotechnology
Development of biofilms in various environments
Development of an immobilization technique for use in bacterial cell studies
Interaction between micro-organisms
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Oberholster P J, Oberholster (Botha) A-M, Muller K, Cloete TE: 2005. Assessment of the genetic diversity of geographically unrelatedMicrocystis aeruginosastrains using amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs). African Journal of Biotechnology, 4 (5) / May, pp 389-399.
Oberholster P J, Oberholster (Botha) A-M, Cloete TE: 2005. An overview of toxic freshwater cyanobacteria in South Africa with special reference to risk, impact and detection by molecular marker tools. Biokemistri, 17 (2), pp 57-71.
Coetser SE, Cloete TE: 2005. Biofouling and biocorrosion in industrial water systems. Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 31, pp 213-232.
Maila MP, Randima P, Surridge K, Dronen K, Cloete TE: 2005. Evaluation of microbial diversity of different soil layers at a contaminated diesel site. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 55, pp 39-44.
Maila MP, Cloete TE: 2005. The use of Biological activities to monitor the removal of fuel contaminants: perspective for monitoring hydrocation contamination. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 55 (1), pp 1-8.
Maila MP, Randima P, Cloete TE: 2005. Multispecies and Monoculture Rhizoremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the Soil. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 7 (2), pp 87-98.
Oberholster P J, Oberholster (Botha) A-M, Cloete TE: 2005. Using a battery of bioassays, benthic phytoplankton and the AUSRIVAS method to monitor long-term coal tar contaminated sediment in the Cache la Poudre River, Colorado. Water Research, 39 (20) / Dec, pp 4913-4924.
Maluleke R, Cloete TE: 2005. The use of the Rotoscope as an online, real-time, non-destructive method for biofilm monitoring. Water Science and Technology, 52 (7), pp 211-216.
Books:
Cloete TE: 2005. Basic and Applied Microbiology. Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, 569 pp.
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