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:
Coetser SE, Pulles W, Heath R, Cloete TE: 2006. Chemical characterization of organic electron donors for sulfate reduction for potential use in acid mine drainage treatment. Biodegradation, 17 (2) / Mar, pp 67-77.
Oberholster P J, Botha AM, Cloete TE: 2006. Use of molecular markers as indicators for winter zooplankton grazing on toxic benthic cyanobacteria colonies in an urban Colorado lake. Harmful Algae, 5, pp 705-716.
Oberholster P J, Botha AM, Cloete TE: 2006. Toxic cyanobacterial blooms in a shallow, articially mixed urban lake in Colorado, USA. Lakes & Reservoirs: Research and Management, 11, pp 111-123.
Maila MP, Randima P, Dronen K, Cloete TE: 2006. Soil microbial communities: Influence of geographic location and hydrocarbon pollutants. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 38 (2) / Feb, pp 303-310.
Moolman FS, Labuschagne P W, Thantsha M S, Van der Merwe T L, Rolfes H, Cloete TE: 2006. Encapsulating probiotics with an interpolymer complex in supercritical carbon dioxide. South African Journal of Science, 102 (7/8) / Jul/Aug, pp 349-354.
Cloete TE, Nel LH, Theron J: 2006. Biotechnology in South Africa. Trends in Biotechnology, 24 (12), pp 557-562.
Thantsha M S, Cloete TE: 2006. The effect sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate derived anolytes, and anolyte-catholyte combination on biofilms. Water SA, 32 (2), pp 237-242.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
Gumbo J, Cloete TE, Hall AN: 2006. Elucidation of the mechanism of cyanobacteria lysis of Microcystis after exposure to Bacillus mycoides. In Proceedings of the Microscopy Society of Southern Africa, Microscopy Society of Southern Africa, p. 38.
Research and technical/policy output for clients:
Said M.D., Venter SN, Booysen I, Cloete TE: Technical Report: 2006. Health consequencs of inadequate water service delivery: The case of the cholera epidemic in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. For: International Water Association.
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